Meaning Of The Word Athens

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Athens in American English
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
noun: a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part. 885,136

Athens in British English
noun: 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: 3 051 899 (2015 est)

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