Athens

1. The capital city of Greece.

   [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.

   1976, L[ilian] H[amilton] Jeffery, “Kylon and Drakon”, in Archaic Greece: The City-States, c. 700-500 b.c., New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, section II (Central and Northern Greece), subsection 7 (Athens and Attica), page 86

   Synonyms: Athina

2. metonymicallyThe Greek government.
3. Several places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Limestone County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas.
   3. A large unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
   4. A sizable city, the county seat of Clarke County, Georgia, consolidated with Clarke County as Athens-Clarke County.
   5. A city in Menard County, Illinois.
   6. An unincorporated community and hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana.
   7. A small unincorporated village outside of Lexington, Kentucky.
   8. A village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
   9. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
   10. A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
   11. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
   12. A ghost town in Clark County, Missouri.
   13. A former mining settlement and ghost town in Nye County, Nevada.
   14. A town and village in Greene County, New York.
   15. A city, the county seat of Athens County, Ohio.
   16. A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
   17. A city, the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee.
   18. A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Texas.
   19. A town in Windham County, Vermont.
   20. A town in Mercer County, West Virginia.
   21. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
4. A township in Ontario, Canada.

plural Athenses

1. A surname from Greek.