Acropolis

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• Received-Pronunciation: əkrŏʹpəlĭs
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis, “Acropolis”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρόπολις (akrópolis), from ἄκρος (ákros, “topmost”, “tip”, “summit”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”); By surface analysis, acro- + -polis.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: Ակրոպոլիս (Akropolis) — Athenian Acropolis
• Asturian: Acrópolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Bulgarian: Акро́пол (Akrópol) — Athenian Acropolis
• Catalan: Acròpolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Czech: Akropolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Czech: Akropole — Athenian Acropolis
• Danish: Akropolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Dutch: Akropolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Finnish: Akropolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Galician: Acrópole — Athenian Acropolis
• German: Akropolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Greek: Ακρόπολη (Akrópoli) — Athenian Acropolis
• Ancient Greek: Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis) — Athenian Acropolis
• Hindi: अक्रोपोलिस (akropolis) — Athenian Acropolis
• Icelandic: Akrópólishæð — Athenian Acropolis
• Irish: An Acrapoil — Athenian Acropolis
• Irish: An tAcrapolas — Athenian Acropolis
• Italian: Acropoli — Athenian Acropolis
• Japanese: アクロポリス (akuroporisu) — Athenian Acropolis
• Korean: 아크로폴리스 (akeuropolliseu) — Athenian Acropolis
• Macedonian: А́кропол (Ákropol) — Athenian Acropolis
• Malay: Akropolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Polish: Akropol — Athenian Acropolis
• Portuguese: Acrópole — Athenian Acropolis
• Russian: Акро́поль (Akrópolʹ) — Athenian Acropolis
• Serbo-Croatian: Акропољ — Athenian Acropolis
• Serbo-Croatian: Akropolj — Athenian Acropolis
• Spanish: Acrópolis — Athenian Acropolis
• Armenian: ակրոպոլիս (akropolis) — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Basque: akropoli — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Catalan: acròpolis — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Chinese Mandarin: 衛城 /卫城 (wèichéng) — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Czech: akropole — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Czech: akropolis — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Esperanto: akropolo — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Finnish: akropolis — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• French: acropole — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Georgian: აკროპოლისი (aḳroṗolisi) — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Greek: ακρόπολη (akrópoli) — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Ancient Greek: ἀκρόπολις (akrópolis) — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Indonesian: akropolis — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Macedonian: а́кропол (ákropol) — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Polish: akropol — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Portuguese: acrópole — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Romanian: acropolă — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Russian: акрополь (akropolʹ) — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Spanish: acrópolis — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Tagalog: akropolis — promontory of Ancient Greek cities
• Turkish: akropolis — promontory of Ancient Greek cities