💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Acropolis"
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| castlenoun | A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles. |
| athenaeumnoun | An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature. |
| hekatompedonnoun | (historical) The specific chamber within the Parthenon which contained the cultic chryselephantine statue of Athena. |
| athensnoun | The capital city of Greece. |
| academenoun | (poetic) An academy; a place of learning. |
| eleutheriannoun | Pertaining to Eleutheria, the personification of freedom, or Zeus Eleutheria, the protector of freedom. |
| akademeianoun | A grove near Athens (named after the Athenian hero Akademos), where Plato founded his original Akademia in 385 B.C. |
| cadmeanoun | (historical) The citadel of ancient Thebes, Greece. |
| mount pentelicusnoun | A mountain in Attica, Greece. |
| atticanoun | A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located. |
| areopagusnoun | A prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. |
| olympieionnoun | The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. |
| academynoun | An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. |
| megaronnoun | (architecture, historical) The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars. |
| athosnoun | A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos |
| theseionnoun | Synonym of Hephaestaeum (“the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens”). |
| lyceumnoun | (US, historical) A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée. |
| capitoliumnoun | (uncommon) Synonym of Capitoline Hill. |
| academusnoun | (Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux. |
| anaktoronnoun | (historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries. |
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