Polis

//ˈpɒ.lɪs//

Synonyms for "polis" (103 found)

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Related word relations

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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Translations

19 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • полис noun (a city or city-state)

Catalan

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  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 城邦 noun (a city or city-state)

Czech

1 entries
  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

Dutch

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  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kaupunkivaltio noun (a city or city-state)
  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

French

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  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

Georgian

2 entries
  • პოლისი noun (a city or city-state)
  • ქალაქ-სახელმწიფო noun (a city or city-state)

German

1 entries
  • Polis noun (a city or city-state)

Greek

1 entries
  • Πόλις-κράτος noun (a city or city-state)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • városállam noun (a city or city-state)

Italian

1 entries
  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ポリス noun (a city or city-state)
  • 都市 noun (a city or city-state)

Polish

1 entries
  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

Portuguese

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  • pólis noun (a city or city-state)

Spanish

1 entries
  • polis noun (a city or city-state)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Puran Polis are made using jaggery.

Source: tatoeba (4832388)

Nilópolis is the smallest municipality in Rio de Janeiro State.

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Stefan Zweig spent the last year of his life in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis.

Source: tatoeba (11262398)

By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.

Source: wiktionary

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