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tetrapolis

tetrapolis noun: a group of four cities.

Noun

tetrapolis (plural tetrapoleis)

  1. A group of four cities.
    • We may also conclude that as it was the Ionic γένη of the Attic tetrapolis who in the main achieved the Ionization of Athens, so it was a branch of this same stock that settled at Delos […]2010, Lewis Richard Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States, page 108

Forms of tetrapolis

pluraltetrapoleis

Origin of tetrapolis

From Greek τετράπολις.

Questions about tetrapolis

What does tetrapolis mean?
Tetrapolis means a group of four cities.
What part of speech is tetrapolis?
Tetrapolis is a noun.
What is the plural of tetrapolis?
The plural of tetrapolis is tetrapoleis.

Words near tetrapolis in the dictionary

  1. tetrapods
  2. tetrapody
  3. tetrapolar
  4. tetrapolarity
  5. tetrapoleis
  6. tetrapolis
  7. tetrapolitan
  8. tetrapolyploid
  9. tetraporate
  10. tetraporphyrin
  11. tetrapotassium

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