Polis vs Polls - What's the difference?
polis | polls |
A city, or a city-state.
* 2006 , Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation , Atlantic Books 2007, p. 161:
(uncountable, Geordie) The police.
(countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.
(politics, government) A place where votes are cast in elections.
(poll)
As a proper noun polis
is .As a noun polls is
.As a verb polls is
(poll).polis
English
(wikipedia polis)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- 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 * technopolisEtymology 2
From police, compare (etyl) polis.Alternative forms
* pollisNoun
Synonyms
* (the police) see * (police officer) seeReferences
*Anagrams
* ----polls
English
Noun
(head)- On the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, American voters go to the polls for general elections.