Athenian

[ uh-thee-nee-uh n ]

/ əˈθi ni ən /

adjective

pertaining to Athens, Greece.

noun

a native or citizen of Athens, Greece.

Origin of Athenian

1580–90; < Latin Athēni(ēnsis) of Athens + -an; see -ensis

Related forms

pro-A·the·ni·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for athenian

Athenian sports paper Sport Day topped their front page with “Bankrupt Them” on Friday morning.
Soccer Diplomacy: Merkel, Greece Near Critical Final Round on Debt|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The 28-year-old Athenian sex worker is feeling the effects of austerity in a different way than most are.
Prostitutes Are Scapegoated as HIV Panic Grips Athens|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In his own estimate, the most honorable trait of his character was that "no Athenian through his means had ever put on mourning."
Greek Sculpture|Estelle M. Hurll
Leave being granted, the Athenian orator entered on his subject by sketching the course of events for the last sixty years.
Stories from Thucydides|H. L. Havell

Dionysius, the Areopagite, was an Athenian by birth, and educated in all the useful and ornamental literature of Greece.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
After the Syracusan disaster all the Athenian army was taken captive.
History Of Ancient Civilization|Charles Seignobos
He was the son of an Athenian sword merchant, who died when he was but seven years old.
Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for athenian

Athenian

/ (əˈθiːnɪən) /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Athens

adjective

of or relating to Athens

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