English Explanatory Dictionary

Palaepolis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former city in southwest Italy, now part of Naples.

Word forms

Palaepolis

Etymology

From Latin Palaepolis, from Ancient Greek Παλαιόπολις (Palaiópolis, “Old Town”), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Equivalent to palaeo- + -polis. Compare Old Town and old town.

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