"Athena" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /əˈθiːnə/
enPR: ə-thēʹnə Rhymes: -iːnə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Athena, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Athena}} Latin Athena, {{der|en|grc|Ἀθηνᾶ}} Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Athena
  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities
    Sense id: en-Athena-en-name-wK-3t69D Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Oregon, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Oregon, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Athena-en-name-JAugL4pL
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Related terms (Greek mythology Olympian gods): god Translations (Greek goddess): Athena (Afrikaans), Atena (Afrikaans), Athene [feminine] (Alemannic German), Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ⁧آثِين⁩ (ʔāṯīn) [feminine] (Arabic), Աթենաս (Atʿenas) (Armenian), Афіна (Afina) [feminine] (Belarusian), Атина (Atina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Atena [feminine] (Catalan), 雅典娜 (Yǎdiǎnnà) (Chinese Mandarin), Athéna [feminine] (Czech), Athene [feminine] (Danish), Pallas Athene (Danish), Pallas (Danish), Athene [feminine] (Dutch), Atena (Esperanto), Athena (Estonian), Athene (Finnish), Athéna [feminine] (French), Atena [feminine] (Galician), ათენა (atena) (Georgian), Athene [feminine] (German), Αθηνά (Athiná) [feminine] (Greek), अथीना (athīnā) [feminine] (Hindi), Athéna (Hungarian), Athéné (Hungarian), Athena (Indonesian), Aitéiné [feminine] (Irish), Atena [feminine] (Italian), アテーナー (Atēnā) (Japanese), 아테나 (Atena) (Korean), Athēna [feminine] (Latin), Atēna [feminine] (Latvian), Athene [feminine] (Limburgish), Atėnė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Athene [feminine] (Luxembourgish), Атина (Atina) [feminine] (Macedonian), Атена (Atena) [feminine] (Macedonian), अथीना (athīnā) [feminine] (Marathi), Athene [feminine] (Norwegian), ⁧آتنا⁩ (âtenâ) (Persian), Atena [feminine] (Polish), Atena [feminine] (Portuguese), Atena [feminine] (Romanian), Афи́на (Afína) [feminine] (Russian), Ати́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ате́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Atína [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Aténa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Aténa [feminine] (Slovene), Atenea [feminine] (Spanish), Atena [feminine] (Spanish), Athena (Swahili), Athena [feminine] (Swedish), Athena (Turkish), Афіна (Afina) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Атена (Atena) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Athena-en-name-G1A8salx Disambiguation of 'Greek mythology Olympian gods': 30 15 56 Disambiguation of 'Greek goddess': 35 6 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Athene Derived forms: Athena Polias, Athens Coordinate_terms (Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Minerva, Artemis, Diana, Hestia, Vesta
Related terms: Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus Disambiguation of 'Eternal Virgin Goddesses': 32 35 34

Noun

IPA: /əˈθiːnə/ Forms: Athenas [plural]
enPR: ə-thēʹnə Rhymes: -iːnə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Athena, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Athena}} Latin Athena, {{der|en|grc|Ἀθηνᾶ}} Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Athena (plural Athenas)
  1. (feminism, derogatory, figurative) A woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it. Tags: derogatory, figuratively Categories (topical): Feminism
    Sense id: en-Athena-en-noun-2cmGUNX1 Topics: feminism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Athene

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/əˈθiːnə/"
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "word": "Աթենաս"
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      "word": "Афіна"
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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    },
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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      "word": "Atena"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "word": "ათენა"
    },
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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      ],
      "word": "Athene"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Atena"
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "word": "アテーナー"
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "word": "아테나"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "अथीना"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "Afina",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Jennifer Barker Woolger, Roger J. Woolger, The goddess within",
          "text": "The last thing feminist Athenas see about corporate structures, government, or academia is that they are run by benevolent and all-protective fathers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Marilyn Frye, Willful virgin: essays in feminism, 1976-1992, page 141",
          "text": "The latter may become either Athenas or feminists. If one gets a certain sort of male sponsorship, becomes a Daddy's girl, one is allowed to function in these vocations of the righteous […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Noretta Koertge, Skeptical Inquirer, volume 19, number 2, page 42",
          "text": "Women who do decide to become scientists find themselves under attack from the self-proclaimed \"echt\" feminists, who call them \"Athenas\" and \"Queen Bees.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feminism",
          "feminism"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "collude",
          "collude"
        ],
        [
          "patriarchy",
          "patriarchy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(feminism, derogatory, figurative) A woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "feminism",
        "government",
        "human-sciences",
        "ideology",
        "philosophy",
        "politics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈθiːnə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːnə"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ə-thēʹnə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Athene"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Athena"
}

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