ALL meanings of athens
Ath·ens
A a - noun athens the capital of Greece, in the southeast near the Saronic Gulf: became capital after independence in 1834; ancient city-state, most powerful in the 5th century bc; contains the hill citadel of the Acropolis. Pop: 3 238 000 (2005 est) 3
- noun athens capital of Greece, in the SE part: pop. 772,000: became established as the center of Greek culture in the 5th cent. b.c., when it was the capital of ancient Attica 3
- noun athens capital city of Greece 1
- noun athens Ancient Greek Hellas. Modern Greek Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Capital: Athens. 1
- noun athens a city in W New York. 1