Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrapolis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tetrapo-lis
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of four cities.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"

Etymology

From Greek τετράπολις.

Inflected Forms

tetrapoleis (plural)

Questions

What does tetrapolis mean?: A group of four cities.
Where does tetrapolis come from?: From Greek τετράπολις.

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