Word.ws English Dictionary

acropoleis

/æˈkɹɒ.pɒ.lɛɪz/

acropoleis is the plural of acropolis.

Meaning of acropolis

Noun

acropolis (plural acropolises or acropoleis)

  1. A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.
    • The Etruscans, then, appear in general as an industrious people ( φιλότεχνον ἔθνος), of a bold and lofty spirit of enterprise, which was greatly favoured by their priestly aristocratic constitution. Massive walls, mostly of irregular blocks, surround their cities (not merely their acropoleis); the...1850, Karl Otfried Müller, John Leitch, transl., Ancient Art and Its Remains; or, A Manual of the Archæology of Art, page 146

See all 2 meanings of acropolis

Forms of acropoleis

alternative formakropoleis

Origin of acropoleis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκροπόλεις (akropóleis), plural of ἀκρόπολις (akrópolis).

Questions about acropoleis

What is acropoleis the plural of?
Acropoleis is the plural of acropolis.
How do you pronounce acropoleis?
Acropoleis is pronounced /æˈkɹɒ.pɒ.lɛɪz/.

Words near acropoleis in the dictionary

  1. acropleustophytes
  2. acropodia
  3. acropodial
  4. acropodion
  5. acropodium
  6. acropoleis
  7. acropoli
  8. acropolis
  9. acropolises
  10. acropolitan
  11. acropomatid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: acropoleis (page history and authors); acropolis (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “acropoleis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/acropoleis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.