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    CAPITAL OF GREECE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)play

    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 "capital of Greece"):

    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 "capital of Greece"):

    Athenian (a resident of Athens)

    Plato (ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC))

    Holonyms ("capital of Greece" 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)

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