English Explanatory Dictionary

Athenian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.
adj
  1. Of or related to Athens, particularly (historical) ancient Athens, its empire, and its people.
  2. Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

Pronunciation

/əˈθiː.ni.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Athenian.wav

Word forms

Athenian Athenians Athenean

Etymology

From Latin athēniēnsis; compare Middle English Athenyensis pl and Old English Athēniense pl. By surface analysis, Athens + -ian.

Synonyms

Of related to Athens
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on A Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary