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Meaning & History
From Ancient Greek Ἀθήναι (Athenai), meaning unknown, probably from a pre-Greek language. The Greek goddess Athena was probably named for the city, not vice versa. Athens is a city in eastern Greece, emerging as a powerful city-state in the classical period. It has been the capital of the modern country of Greece since 1834.
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Other Languages & CulturesAthene(Afrikaans) Athenai, Attike(Ancient Greek) Athenae, Attica(Ancient Roman) Athina(Arabic) Atina(Bulgarian) Atena, Atina(Croatian) Athen(Danish) Athene(Dutch) Athènes(French) Athen(German) Athina, Attiki(Greek) Athén(Hungarian) Athena(Indonesian) Atene(Italian) Atene(Japanese) Atēnas(Latvian) Atėnai(Lithuanian) Atina(Macedonian) Athen(Norwegian) Aten(Persian) Atenas(Portuguese) Atena(Romanian) Atina(Serbian) Atene(Slovene) Atenas(Spanish) Aten(Swedish) Atina(Turkish)
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