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Poleis vs Polis - What's the difference?

poleis | polis |

As a noun poleis

is .

As a proper noun polis is

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poleis

English

Noun

(head)

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "poleis")

    Derived terms

    * -poleis * acropoleis * akropoleis * cosmopoleis * ecumenopoleis * megapoleis * megalopoleis * metropoleis * necropoleis * nekropoleis * technopoleis

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    polis

    English

    (wikipedia polis)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A city, or a city-state.
  • * 2006 , Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation , Atlantic Books 2007, p. 161:
    • By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.
    Derived terms
    * -polis * acropolis * akropolis * cosmopolis * ecumenopolis * Indianapolis * megapolis * megalopolis * metropolis * necropolis * nekropolis * technopolis

    Etymology 2

    From police, compare (etyl) polis.

    Alternative forms

    * pollis

    Noun

  • (uncountable, Geordie) The police.
  • (countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.
    • Synonyms
    * (the police) see * (police officer) see
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