Athens

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Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι ‎(Athênai), the plural form of Ἀθήνη ‎(Athḗnē, “Athena”), the goddess. More at Athena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæθənz/, /ˈeɪθənz/

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Proper noun

Athens

1. The capital city of Greece
2. A city in Alabama
3. A city in Georgia
4. A city in Illinois
5. A village in Louisiana
6. A town in Maine
7. A village in Michigan
8. A town and village in New York
9. A city in Ohio
10. A township in Ontario, Canada
11. A borough in Pennsylvania
12. A city in Tennessee
13. A city in Texas
14. A town in Vermont
15. A town in West Virginia
16. A village in Wisconsin

Translations

capital city of Greece

• Albanian: Athinë
• Arabic: أَثِينَا f ‎(ʾaṯīnā)

  Egyptian Arabic: اتينا f ‎(ʾatīna), اثينا f ‎(ʾasīna)

• Armenian: Աթենք ‎(Atʿenkʿ)
• Aromanian: Athina f
• Asturian: Atenes
• Azeri: Afina (az)
• Basque: Atenas (eu)
• Belarusian: Афі́ны f pl ‎(Afíny), Атэ́ны f pl ‎(Atény) (Taraškevica orthography)
• Bulgarian: Атина f ‎(Atina)
• Catalan: Atenes f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅典 (zh) ‎(Yǎdiǎn)

• Chuvash: Афин ‎(Afin)
• Crimean Tatar: Atina
• Czech: Atény (cs) f pl, Athény (cs) f pl
• Danish: Athen
• Dutch: Athene (nl)
• Esperanto: Ateno
• Estonian: Ateena (et)
• Finnish: Ateena (fi)
• French: Athènes (fr)

  Old French: Athenes

• Galician: Atenas (gl)
• Georgian: ათენი ‎(ateni)
• German: Athen (de) n
• Greek: Αθήνα (el) f ‎(Athína)

  Ancient: Ἀθῆναι f pl ‎(Athênai)

• Hebrew: אָתוּנָה f ‎('atuná)
• Hindi: एथेंस ‎(ēthēns)
• Hungarian: Athén (hu)
• Icelandic: Aþena (is) f
• Ido: Athina (io)
• Interlingua: Athenas
• Irish: An Aithin f, An Ataen f
• Italian: Atene (it) f
• Japanese: アテネ ‎(Atene)

• Khmer: អាថែនស៍ ‎(Aatʰaen)
• Korean: 아테네 (ko) ‎(Atene)
• Latin: Athenae (la) f pl
• Latvian: Atēnas f pl
• Lithuanian: Atėnai
• Macedonian: Атина (mk) f ‎(Atina)
• Maltese: Ateni
• Mongolian: Афин ‎(Afin)
• Navajo: Atʼéena, Áthenz
• Norwegian: Aten, Athen
• Occitan: Atenas
• Old Church Slavonic: Аѳинꙑ ‎(Aθiny)
• Ottoman Turkish: اتنه ‎(Atina)
• Persian: آتن (fa) ‎(âten)
• Polish: Ateny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Atenas (pt) f
• Romanian: Atena (ro) f
• Russian: Афи́ны (ru) f pl ‎(Afíny)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Атина f, Атена f

  Roman: Atina f, Atena (sh) f

• Slovak: Atény f pl
• Slovene: Aténe (sl) f pl
• Spanish: Atenas (es) f pl
• Swahili: Athene
• Swedish: Aten (sv), Athen (sv)
• Tagalog: Atenas (tl)
• Tatar: Афиннар ‎(Afinnar)
• Thai: เอเธนส์ ‎(A-ten)
• Turkish: Atina (tr)
• Ukrainian: Афі́ни (uk) f ‎(Afíny)
• Vietnamese: Athena
• Welsh: Athen
• Yakut: Атина ‎(Atina)
• Yiddish: אַטען ‎(aten)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Atêna
• Zulu: e-Athene

Anagrams

• hasten, sneath, thanes