AREOPAGUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Areopagus" is a kind of...):

assembly (a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose)

Meronyms (members of "Areopagus"):

Areopagite (a member of the council of the Areopagus)

Meaning:

A hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)

Holonyms ("Areopagus" is a part of...):

Athens; Athinai; capital of Greece; Greek capital (the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess))