The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΚαλλίπολις“City of Beauty”
- Latin · borrowed fromCallipolis
- English todayCallipolis
From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “City of Beauty”). Doublet of Kallipolis, Gallipoli, and Gelibolu.
Words from the same roots
LatinCallipolis all →
Gallipoli
Ancient GreekΚαλλίπολις all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.