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πόλη

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly,[1] from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoli/
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Noun

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πόλη (pólif (plural πόλεις)

  1. town, city
  2. townspeople

Declension

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Declension of πόλη
singular plural
nominative πόλη (póli) πόλεις (póleis)
genitive πόλης (pólis) πόλεων (póleon)
accusative πόλη (póli) πόλεις (póleis)
vocative πόλη (póli) πόλεις (póleis)

Also, older or formal genitive singlar: πόλεως (póleos)

Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ πόλη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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