polis

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)lbor. English polis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”). Doublet of Puri and puri

Borrowed from Scots polis. Doublet of police, policy, and polity.

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: полис (polis) — a city or city-state
• Catalan: polis — a city or city-state
• Chinese Mandarin: 城邦 (chéngbāng) — a city or city-state
• Czech: polis — a city or city-state
• Dutch: polis — a city or city-state
• Finnish: polis — a city or city-state
• Finnish: kaupunkivaltio — a city or city-state
• French: polis — a city or city-state
• Georgian: პოლისი (ṗolisi) — a city or city-state
• Georgian: ქალაქ-სახელმწიფო (kalak-saxelmc̣ipo) — a city or city-state
• German: Polis — a city or city-state
• Greek: Πόλις-κράτος (Pólis-krátos) — a city or city-state
• Hungarian: városállam — a city or city-state
• Italian: polis — a city or city-state
• Japanese: 都市 (toshi) — a city or city-state
• Japanese: ポリス (porisu) — a city or city-state
• Japanese: 市国 (shikoku) — a city or city-state
• Japanese: 都市国家 (toshi kokka) — a city or city-state
• Polish: polis — a city or city-state
• Portuguese: pólis — a city or city-state
• Spanish: polis — a city or city-state