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athens

/ˈæθənz/

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What does athens mean?

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Greece.
  2. The Greek government.
  3. A city, the county seat of Limestone County, Alabama.
More meanings (22)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas.
  2. A large unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
  3. A sizable city, the county seat of Clarke County, Georgia, consolidated with Clarke County as Athens-Clarke County.
  4. A city in Menard County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community and hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana.
  6. A small unincorporated village outside of Lexington, Kentucky.
  7. A village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
  8. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
  9. A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
  11. A ghost town in Clark County, Missouri.
  12. A former mining settlement and ghost town in Nye County, Nevada.
  13. A town and village in Greene County, New York.
  14. A city, the county seat of Athens County, Ohio.
  15. A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
  16. A city, the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee.
  17. A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Texas.
  18. A town in Windham County, Vermont.
  19. A town in Mercer County, West Virginia.
  20. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  21. A township in Ontario, Canada.
  22. A surname from Greek.
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IPA pronunciation

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He appeals to the world-famed hospitality of Athens and hints at the blessings that his coming will confer on the State.
SophoclesPlays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneTranslated by Francis StorrProject Gutenberg ebook #31
It was the prerogative of ancient Athens that it united the advantages of the large to those of the small community.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
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This was the color and pretense made use of by those who desired to change the government of Athens to an oligarchy.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
As the demand increased, the school, both of philosophy and rhetoric, became stationary, first in Athens, and afterwards in several other cities.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
They conjectured of old at Athens, an aptitude for the mathematics in him they saw ingeniously bavin up a burthen of brushwood.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600