πόλη

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly,[1] from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoli/
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Noun

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πόλη (pólif (plural πόλεις)

  1. town, city
  2. townspeople

Declension

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Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ πόλη”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

Further reading

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