Attica

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

Proper noun

Attica

  1. A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located.
    Alternative form: Attika
  2. A peninsula southeast of Athens, Greece.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Georgia.
    2. A city in Fountain County, Indiana.
    3. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
    4. A town in Harper County, Kansas.
    5. An unincorporated community, census-designated place, and township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
    6. A town in Wyoming County, New York.
    7. A village in Wyoming County and Genesee County, New York.
    8. The Attica Correctional Facility, scene of the Attica Prison riots
    9. A village in Seneca County, Ohio.
    10. An unincorporated community in Brooklyn, Green County, Wisconsin.

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Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Attica or Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ti.kaː/
  • Hyphenation: At‧ti‧ca

Proper noun

Attica n

  1. Attica (region in Greece where Athens is located)

Derived terms

Italian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat.ti.ka/
  • Rhymes: -attika
  • Hyphenation: Àt‧ti‧ca

Proper noun

Attica f

  1. Attica (a region of Greece)

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

Proper noun

Attica f sg (genitive Atticae); first declension

  1. Attica

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Attica
Genitive Atticae
Dative Atticae
Accusative Atticam
Ablative Atticā
Vocative Attica

References

  • “Attica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Attica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Attica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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