Etymology

-poleis

Ancient Greek πόλεις
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπόλεις“cities”
  2. English today-poleis

From Ancient Greek πόλεις (póleis, “cities”), nominative plural form of πόλις (pólis, “city”).

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