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-poleis

-poleis is the plural of -polis.

Meaning of -polis

Suffix

-polis (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

Origin of -poleis

From Ancient Greek πόλεις (póleis, “cities”), nominative plural form of πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Questions about -poleis

What is -poleis the plural of?
-poleis is the plural of -polis.

Words near -poleis in the dictionary

  1. -poeia
  2. -poesis
  3. -poiesis
  4. -poietic
  5. -pol
  6. -poleis
  7. -polis
  8. -polises
  9. -poly
  10. -ponics
  11. -poo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -poleis (page history and authors); -polis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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