πόλη

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Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoli/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

πόλη (pólif (plural πόλεις)

  1. town, city
  2. townspeople

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See also

References

  1. ^ πόλη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language