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Attica

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Noun

1. attica

the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Attica

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noun
a region and department of E central Greece: in ancient times the territory of Athens. Capital: Athens. Pop: 3 336 700 (2001). Area: 14 157 sq km (5466 sq miles)

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Attica

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1. 
state of ancient Greece, occupying a peninsula in the SE part &, after the 5th cent. b.c., a region dominated by Athens
2. 
region of modern Greece, in the same general area

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Attica

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1. An ancient region of east-central Greece around Athens. According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were unified into a single state by the Athenian king Theseus.
2. A village of western New York east of Buffalo. The Attica Correctional Facility was the site of a large prison riot in 1971.

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