how to pronounce athenian

/əˈθiː.ni.ən/

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athenian is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of athenian in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… diverse circles of Athenian society from …”

meanings of athenian

adjective:

Of or pertaining to the Greek goddess Athena.
Of or pertaining to Athens, Greece.

noun:

An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.

athenian frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word athenian occurs in english on average 3.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics athenian can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that athenian can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;