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-polis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
-po-lis
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor. Latin -polislbor. English -polis Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

-poleis (plural) -polises (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

acropolis aerotropolis ecumenopolis helepolis megalopolis megametropolis megapolis metropolis

Questions

What does -polis mean?
Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.
Where does -polis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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