demos
UK/ˈdiːmɒs/US/ˈdiˌmɑs/
demos noun: an ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together. Also the plural of demo.
Noun
demos (plural demoses or demoi)
- An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
- Synonyms:
- deme
- The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people.
- When the demos took charge, law and order inevitably collapsed, or so they concluded.2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 323
Also used as
demos is also the plural of demo.
demos is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of demo.
demos meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
demos in Hindi
- डेमोज़
demos in Tamil
- டெமோக்கள், டெமோஸ்
demos in Marathi
- डेमोज, डेमोस्
demos in Urdu
- ڈیموز, ڈیموس
More languagesFewer languages
- demos in Bengali
- ডেমোগুলি
- demos in Telugu
- డెమోలు, డెమోస్
- demos in Malayalam
- ഡെമോസ്, ഡെമോകൾ
- demos in Kannada
- ಡೆಮೊಗಳು, ಡೆಮೊಸ್
- demos in Punjabi
- ਡੈਮੋਸ, ਡੈਮੋਜ਼
- demos in Gujarati
- ડેમોઝ
- demos in Odia
- ଡେମୋସ୍, ଡେମୋଗୁଡ଼ିକ
- demos in Nepali
- डेमोहरू, डेमोस्
Examples of demos in a sentence
- Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used.
- The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.
- Demos uses interviews to compare two birth cohorts of American women of Greek Kytherian heritage.
Synonyms of demos
Forms of demos
| plural | demoses |
|---|---|
| plural | demoi |
Origin of demos
From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”). Doublet of deme.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Phrases with demos
Questions about demos
- What does demos mean?
- Demos means an ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
- What is demos in Hindi?
- Demos in Hindi is डेमोज़. See Demos meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is demos?
- Demos is a noun.
- How do you pronounce demos?
- Demos is pronounced /ˈdiːmɒs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of demos?
- The plural of demos is demoses.
Words near demos in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: demos (page history and authors); demos (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demos (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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