Αθήνα
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Αθήνα • (Athína) f
- 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
| 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
