athens

Noun
  • The capital and largest city of Greece
    Named after Athena (its patron goddess) (synset 108803195)
    instance hypernym: national capital - the capital city of a nation
    member holonym:
    • athenian - a resident of Athens
    • plato - ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)
    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
    synonym: athinai, capital of greece, greek capital
  • A town in southeast Ohio (synset 109153279)
    instance hypernym: town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
    part meronym: buckeye state, oh, ohio - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
  • A university town in northeast Georgia (synset 109099493)
    instance hypernym: town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
    part 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

Other Searches