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-polis

-polis suffix: forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

Suffix

-polis (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

Forms of -polis

plural-poleis
plural-polises

Origin of -polis

Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Questions about -polis

What does -polis mean?
-polis means forms names of cities or kinds of cities.
What part of speech is -polis?
-polis is a suffix.

Words near -polis in the dictionary

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

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