polis
/ˈpɒ.lɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Greek city-state.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance."
- "'Oh, don't bring in the polis on me, kind gentleman,' implored Mrs Laffey with redoubled fluency; 'the dirty, thievin' sergeant that set the lie against me a short while back over Mister Johnson's sthrayin' pullets, it's little justice I should ever see. Be the good kind gentleman—'"
- "Even in his Ma's womb, you would have had to define Spud less as a foetus, more as a set of dormant drug and personality problems. He'd probably draw the polis onto them through knocking a saltcellar out of the Little Chef."
- "Don't even think about the odds that Bobby Schmautz of Vancouver Canucks would score the winning goal or that Greg Polis of Pittsburgh Penguins would win the car."
- "Carol Polis, who figures she's the world's only lady boxing judge, is having the time of her life— but two things bother her a bit."
- "Jared Polis of Boulder is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)lbor. English polis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”). Doublet of Puri and puri
Word Breakdown
- Root: polis