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ATHENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
Example:
in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city
Synonyms:
Athens; Athinai; capital of Greece; Greek capital
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Athens"):
Parthenon (the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture)
Areopagus (a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court)
Dipylon; Dipylon gate (a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found)
Meronyms (members of "Athens"):
Athenian (a resident of Athens)
Plato (ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC))
Holonyms ("Athens" is a part of...):
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
Derivation:
Athenian (of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A university town in northeast Georgia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Athens" is a part of...):
Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Derivation:
Athenian (of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A town in southeast Ohio
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Athens" is a part of...):
Buckeye State; OH; Ohio (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
Derivation:
Athenian (of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants)
