athinai

Other forms of athinai

plural

athinais·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about athinai

What does athinai mean?

athinai means "the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)".

How many syllables are in athinai?

athinai has 3 syllables: a-thi-nai. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for athinai?

Close synonyms include Athens, capital of Greece, Greek capital. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is athinai a common word?

athinai is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.