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Polis

//ˈpɒ.lɪs// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
A town and municipality of Paphos district, Cyprus; in full, Polis Chrysochous.
2
A surname.
"Don't even think about the odds that Bobby Schmautz of Vancouver Canucks would score the winning goal or that Greg Polis of Pittsburgh Penguins would win the car."

Noun

1
A Greek city-state. historical
"By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance."
2
The police. Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, uncountable
"Even in his Ma's womb, you would have had to define Spud less as a foetus, more as a set of dormant drug and personality problems. He'd probably draw the polis onto them through knocking a saltcellar out of the Little Chef."
3
A police officer. Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, countable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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

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