# Athena

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈθiːnə/ · frequency rank #20,841

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

## Etymology
From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina.

## Easily confused with
- **attend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/athena-vs-attend)
- **Athens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/athena-vs-athens)
- **Athenian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/athena-vs-athenian)
- **arena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arena-vs-athena)
- **althea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/althea-vs-athena)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ahtena`, `atehna`, `athean`, `athenna`, `athhena`, `athnea`, `atthena`, `tahena`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/athena