Athens

Athens
Athens city of ancient Attica, capital of modern Greece, from Gk. Athenai (plural because the city had several distinct parts), traditionally derived from ATHENA (Cf. Athena), but probably assimilated from a lost name in a pre-Hellenic language.

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