Attica

From Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

Attica

1. A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located.

   Alternative form: Attika

2. A peninsula southeast of Athens, Greece.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Georgia.
   2. A city in Fountain County, Indiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
   4. A town in Harper County, Kansas.
   5. An unincorporated community, census-designated place, and township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
   6. A town in Wyoming County, New York.
   7. A village in Wyoming County and Genesee County, New York.
   8. The Attica Correctional Facility, scene of the Attica Prison riots
   9. A village in Seneca County, Ohio.
   10. An unincorporated community in Brooklyn, Green County, Wisconsin.

• Attic
• Central Greece
• Central Macedonia
• Crete
• East Macedonia and Thrace
• Epirus
• Ionian Islands
• North Aegean
• Peloponnese
• South Aegean
• Thessaly
• West Greece
• West Macedonia

Learned borrowing from Latin Attica or Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ti.kaː/
• Hyphenation: At‧ti‧ca

Attica n

1. Attica (region in Greece where Athens is located) [from 16th c.]

• atticisme
• Attisch

From Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈat.ti.ka/
• Rhymes: -attika
• Hyphenation: Àt‧ti‧ca

Attica f

1. Attica (a region of Greece)

• ciatta, citata, tacita

• Atticē

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀττική (Attikḗ).

Attica f sg (genitive Atticae); first declension

1. Attica

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “Attica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Attica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Attica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly