Deme
//diːm//
"Deme" in a Sentence (2 examples)
If two persons bore the same name[…] ambiguity was avoided […] by indicating their place of origin, the name of the tribe or deme being added for persons of the same town […], and the name of the country or town for foreigners […].
They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.
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