Athena
[əˈθiː.nə]Meaning
ancient Greek goddess name of unknown meaning, likely derived from the city of Athens
Background Story
Athena comes from Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ. The name is used in French, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian. Its earliest mention appears in a 15th-century BC Mycenaean Greek inscription from Knossos on Crete.
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