6 4 ▁death s ▁Category : Man it oba ▁Liberal ▁Party ▁ML As <0x0A> </s> ▁Gal at si ▁( , ▁Gal át si ▁), ▁called ▁in ▁Kath are vous a ▁Gal ats ion ▁( , ▁Gal á ts ion ), ▁is ▁a ▁northern ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Ath ens , ▁Greece , ▁and ▁a ▁municipality ▁of ▁the ▁Att ica ▁region . ▁The ▁municipality ▁has ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁ 4 . 0 2 6   km 2 . ▁Until ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁mainly ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁far ml ands ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁continuous ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁capital , ▁Gal at si ▁was ▁rapidly ▁urban ised ▁and ▁has ▁come ▁to ▁lie ▁in ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁Ath ens ▁ag gl omer ation . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁Although ▁several ▁et ym ologies ▁have ▁been ▁proposed ▁about ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁Gal at si , ▁which ▁already ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁History ▁of ▁Ath ens , ▁it ▁origin ates ▁from ▁the ▁surname ▁of ▁Sym e on ▁Gal ak is , ▁a ▁s quire ▁who ▁purchased ▁lands ▁around ▁the ▁church ▁of ▁Ag ia ▁G ly ker ia ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 1 . ▁Con sequently , ▁the ▁whole ▁area ▁was ▁given ▁his ▁name , ▁which , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁phenomen on ▁featuring ▁the ▁old ▁A then ian ▁ph on ology ▁and ▁known ▁as ▁ts it ak ism , ▁was ▁pron ounced ▁' G al ats is ', ▁thus ▁the