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    Athens is the capital city of Greece. In the ancient world it was the most important Greek city — a centre of art, thought, theatre, and an early kind of democracy. Today people still go there to see the old monuments, especially the . The name is tied to the goddess : in Ancient Greek the city’s name was a plural form of her name, which is a pattern old Greek used for some place names. English took it through Latin and French. Though actually, when English speakers say Athens they almost always mean this city, not the goddess. The goddess is . (A few families also have Athens as a surname, from a Greek word meaning “,” but that is a different, quieter use.)

組成From Middle English Athens, from Old French Athenes / Atenes, from Latin Athēnae (a plural), from Ancient Greek Athênai, the plural of Athḗnē — Athena, the goddess. Athina is a doublet of that Greek name. A separate, later use: some surnames Athens come from an Americanized form of Greek Athinaíos “Athenian.”

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  • Athenathe goddess whose name the city was built from
  • Atheniana person from the city, or “of Athens”
  • Athinaa doublet: another form of the same Greek name

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Athensname詞源 1/ˈæθənz/

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    The capital city of Greece.

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    The Greek government.

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    A township in Ontario, Canada.

Athensname詞源 2

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    A surname from Greek.

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