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-polises

-polises is the plural of -polis.

Meaning of -polis

Suffix

-polis (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

Forms of -polises

alternative form-poleis

Questions about -polises

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

Words near -polises in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -polises (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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