Define:Polis
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- enPR: pōlĭs, /ˈpɒ.lɪs/
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Polis (plural poleis or polises)
- A city, or a city-state.
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 161:
- By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 161:
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Translations eedita city or city-state
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