Meaning of Athens in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈæθənz/

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  1. Noun

    Athens

    Definitions

    1. the capital and largest city of Greece

    Examples

    • « named after Athena (its patron goddess) »
    • « in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city »
  2. 2. a town in southeast Ohio
  3. 3. a university town in northeast Georgia

Famous quotes

  • « My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India. »
    Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • « The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up a lot of doors for me. »
    Alton Brown
  • « So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. »
    Michael Stipe
  • « A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. »
    Benjamin Disraeli
  • « Being in America isn't old-hat - it's where we're from - but I get excited to be in other parts of the world like Athens and Croatia, which were quite cool. I'm a sightseer. I go see the sights and museums. I'm into that kind of thing. »
    Richie Sambora

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