ATHINAI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Athinai mean? 

• ATHINAI (noun)
  The noun ATHINAI has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)

  Familiarity information: ATHINAI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATHINAI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Athens; Athinai; capital of Greece; Greek capital

Context example:

in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Athinai"):

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 "Athinai"):

Athenian (a resident of Athens)

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

Holonyms ("Athinai" 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)