- Transliteration: Athenai

- Phonetic: ath-ay-nahee

- Definition: Athens = "uncertainty"

1. A famous city in Greece, the capital of Attica, and the chief seat of learning and civilisation during the golden period of the history of Greece

- Origin: plural of Athene (the Goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have founded the city)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Plural of Ἀθήνη Athē nē (the Goddess of wisdom who was reputed to have founded the city); Athenae the captital of Greece: - Athens.