Αθήνα

See also: Αθηνά, Ἀθηνᾶ, Ἀθηνᾷ, and Ἀθῆναι

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /aˈθina/
• Hyphenation: Α‧θή‧να

Proper noun

Αθήνα • (Athína) f

1. Athens (the capital city of Greece)

   Η Αθήνα είναι η πρωτεύουσα της Ελλάδας.

   I Athína eínai i protévousa tis Elládas.

   Athens is the capital city of Greece.

   κομίζω γλαύκα εις Αθήνας

   komízo gláfka eis Athínas

   carry coals to Newcastle

   (literally, “carry owls to Athens”)

Usage notes

• The Greek name for the goddess Athena is Αθηνά (Athiná), with different stress.

Declension

Declension of Αθήνα

	singular
nominative	Αθήνα (Athína)
genitive	Αθήνας (Athínas)
accusative	Αθήνα (Athína)
vocative	Αθήνα (Athína)

Related terms

• αθηναϊκός (athinaïkós, “Athenian”)
• αθηναίικος (athinaíikos, “Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηναίος m (Athinaíos, “male Athenian”)
• Αθηναία f (Athinaía, “female Athenian”)
• Αθηνιώτης m (Athiniótis, “male Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηνιώτισσα f (Athiniótissa, “female Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηναίισσα f (Athinaíissa, “female Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηνά f (Athiná, “Athena”)
• Αθηναϊκός (Athinaïkós, “Athinaikos football club”)
• αθενολάτρης m (athenolátris, “Athens lover”)

Descendants

• → Albanian: Athinë
• → Aromanian: Athinã
• → Bulgarian: Ати́на (Atína)
• → Macedonian: Атина (Atina)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آتنه (atina), آتینا (atina)
  • Turkish: Atina
• → Serbo-Croatian: Atína / Ати́на

Further reading

• Αθήνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el