Athens

Meaning

Proper Noun

• capital city Greece (country).
• city, county seat Limestone County (county) Alabama (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Howard County (county) Arkansas (state) USA (country).
• large (unincorporated) community Los Angeles County (county) California (state) USA (country).
• sizable city Georgia (state) USA (country), consolidated with Clarke County as Athens-Clarke County.
• city Menard County (county) Illinois (state).
• (unincorporated) community/and/hamlet Henry Township (township) Fulton County (county) Indiana (state) USA (country).
• small (unincorporated) village outside of city, Lexington Kentucky (state) USA (country).
• village Claiborne Parish (parish) Louisiana (state).
• town Somerset County (county) Maine (state).
• village Calhoun County (county) Michigan (state).
• (unincorporated) community Monroe County (county) Mississippi (state) USA (country).
• ghost town Clark County (county) Missouri (state) USA (country).
• former (mining) settlement/and/ghost town Nye County (county) Nevada (state) USA (country).
• town/and/village Greene County (county) New York (state).
• city, county seat Athens County (county) Ohio (state).
• township Ontario (province) Canada (country).
• borough Bradford County (county) Pennsylvania (state).
• city, county seat McMinn County (county) Tennessee (state).
• city, county seat Henderson County (county) Texas (state).
• town Windham County (county) Vermont (state).
• town Mercer County (county) West Virginia (state).
• village Marathon County (county) Wisconsin (state).

Origin

• From Middle English Athens, from Old French Athenes, Atenes, from Latin Athēnae (acc. Athēnās), from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι, the plural form of Ἀθήνη, the goddess. More at Athena.