Often one finds that English words are derived from Greek words. This couldn't be farther from the truth with the Greek word Polis. The Greek word Polis is found in modern words: metropolis, Annapolis,and Minneapolis.
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Polis is a latin stem which means- City I promiss you this is right! :)
Metropolis, politics for polis.
Two words that contain 'polis' are polish and Annapolis (or Indianapolis).
Often one finds that English words are derived from Greek words. This couldn't be farther from the truth with the Greek word Polis. The Greek word Polis is found in modern words: metropolis, Annapolis,and Minneapolis.
The polis of Athens means the politics of Athens (city of Greece). Polis is the root word of politics. Polis is the Greek word for "city" or "city-state". The Polis of Athens would be the city of Athens. The word is a part of modern English words such as "metropolis".
indianapolis: a city
Some English words derived from the Greek word "polis" include politics, police, and metropolis.
it is the stem
The Greek word for town is η πόλη(the town/city. The plural is οι πόλεις(the towns/cities). For simple words or sentences, just use Google Translate. It's much faster than waiting for an answer.
The Greek word is polis, from which we derive today such words as politics, political, politicians etc.
A: The polis
If you mean what words does Αkropolis come from.. Then it's akro + polis [akro = edge, polis = town]. So Akropolis means the edge of the town.