athos

1. 1.

   an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century

   SynonymsMount Athos

   Broaderdistrict

   Part ofGreece

Other forms of athos

plural

athoses·

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 athos

What does athos mean?

athos means "an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century".

How many syllables are in athos?

athos has 2 syllables: a-thos. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for athos?

Close synonyms include Mount Athos. 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 athos a common word?

athos is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.