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pulis

pulis is the plural of puli.

Meaning of puli

Noun

puli (plural pulik or pulis)

  1. One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.
    • Other dogs competing in Best in Show were a standard poodle, a Scottish terrier, a puli, a Brussels griffon and a Scottish deerhound.2009 February 11, Katie Thomas, “10-Year-Old Spaniel Completes Comeback”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    Hungarian Puli

Proper noun capitalized: Pulis

Pulis (plural Pulises)

  1. A surname from Maltese.

Noun capitalized: Pulis

Pulis

  1. (plural) plural of Puli

Forms of pulis

pluralPulises

Origin of pulis

Borrowed from Maltese Pulis.

Questions about pulis

What does pulis mean?
Pulis means a surname from Maltese.
What is pulis the plural of?
Pulis is the plural of puli.
What part of speech is pulis?
Pulis can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near pulis in the dictionary

  1. Pulindas
  2. puling
  3. pulingly
  4. pulings
  5. puliol royal
  6. pulis
  7. Pulises
  8. pulissery
  9. Pulitzer
  10. Pulitzer Prize
  11. Pulitzer Prizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulis (page history and authors); Pulis (page history and authors); puli (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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