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The capital and largest city of Greece;
Named after Athena (its patron goddess) (synset 108803195)"in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city"instance hypernym: national capital - the capital city of a nationmember holonym:part holonym:- parthenon - the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture
- areopagus - a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
- dipylon, dipylon gate - a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found
part meronym: ellas, greece, hellenic republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil -
A town in southeast Ohio (synset 109153279)
instance hypernym: town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a citypart meronym: buckeye state, oh, ohio - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
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A university town in northeast Georgia (synset 109099493)
instance hypernym: town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a citypart meronym: empire state of the south, ga, ga., georgia, peach state - a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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