tetrapolis

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noun

A group of four cities.

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Meanings

nountetrapolis (plural tetrapoleis)

plural tetrapoleis

  1. A group of four cities.

    We may also conclude that as it was the Ionic γένη of the Attic tetrapolis who in the main achieved the Ionization of Athens, so it was a branch of this same stock that settled at Delos […]

    2010, Lewis Richard Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States, page 108

Origin

From Greek τετράπολις.

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Translations

French tétrapole
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APA

tetrapolis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrapolis

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetrapolis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrapolis.

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