How to pronounce athens
Listen to athens in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“athens” in real sentences
689 clips in the index · 25 American · 8 British · 8 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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But at the time, we've just got Athens walls around Athens.
British Library · hear it here
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the founder of Athens were one of the great founder heroes of Athens and
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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We're like ancient Athens.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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Buddhism as far as Athens!
CrashCourse · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of athens. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.