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Athena

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • ə-thēʹnə
  • /əˈθiːnə/
  • rhymes with -iːnə
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 TH IY1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, figuratively

Topics: feminism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Greek deity

History

Etymology

From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Athena — Greek goddess
  • Afrikaans: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Arabic: آثِين (ʔāṯīn) — Greek goddess
  • Armenian: Աթենաս (Atʻenas) — Greek goddess
  • Azerbaijani: Afina — Greek goddess
  • Belarusian: Афіна (Afina) — Greek goddess
  • Bulgarian: Атина (Atina) — Greek goddess
  • Catalan: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雅典娜 (Yǎdiǎnnà) — Greek goddess
  • Czech: Athéna — Greek goddess
  • Danish: Athene — Greek goddess
  • Danish: Pallas Athene — Greek goddess
  • Danish: Pallas — Greek goddess
  • Dutch: Athene — Greek goddess
  • Esperanto: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Estonian: Athena — Greek goddess
  • Finnish: Athene — Greek goddess
  • French: Athéna — Greek goddess
  • Galician: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Georgian: ათენა (atena) — Greek goddess
  • German: Athene — Greek goddess
  • German: Athene — Greek goddess
  • Greek: Αθηνά (Athiná) — Greek goddess
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) — Greek goddess
  • Hindi: अथीना (athīnā) — Greek goddess
  • Hungarian: Athéna — Greek goddess
  • Hungarian: Athéné — Greek goddess
  • Indonesian: Athena — Greek goddess
  • Irish: Aitéiné — Greek goddess
  • Italian: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Japanese: アテーナー (Atēnā) — Greek goddess
  • Korean: 아테나 (Atena) — Greek goddess
  • Latin: Athēna — Greek goddess
  • Latvian: Atēna — Greek goddess
  • Limburgish: Athene — Greek goddess
  • Lithuanian: Atėnė — Greek goddess
  • Luxembourgish: Athene — Greek goddess
  • Macedonian: Атина (Atina) — Greek goddess
  • Macedonian: Атена (Atena) — Greek goddess
  • Marathi: अथीना (athīnā) — Greek goddess
  • Norwegian: Athene — Greek goddess
  • Occitan: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Persian: آتنا (âtenâ) — Greek goddess
  • Polish: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Portuguese: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Romanian: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Russian: Афи́на (Afína) — Greek goddess
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ати́на — Greek goddess
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ате́на — Greek goddess
  • Serbo-Croatian: Atína — Greek goddess
  • Serbo-Croatian: Aténa — Greek goddess
  • Slovene: Aténa — Greek goddess
  • Spanish: Atenea — Greek goddess
  • Spanish: Atena — Greek goddess
  • Swahili: Athena — Greek goddess
  • Swedish: Athena — Greek goddess
  • Turkish: Athena — Greek goddess
  • Ukrainian: Афіна (Afina) — Greek goddess
  • Ukrainian: Атена (Atena) — Greek goddess
Real reading context

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