English Explanatory Dictionary

polis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Greek city-state.
noun
  1. The police.
  2. A police officer.
name
  1. A town and municipality of Paphos district, Cyprus; in full, Polis Chrysochous.
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

pŏʹlĭs /ˈpɒ.lɪs/ pōʹlĭs /ˈpoʊ.lɪs/

Word forms

polis poleis polises pollis

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)lbor. English polis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”).

Related words

-polis
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