"πόλη" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Greek]

IPA: /ˈpoli/ Audio: El-Πόλη.ogg
Etymology: Learnedly, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH-. Etymology templates: {{der|el|grc|πόλις}} Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), {{der|el|grk-pro|*ptólis}} Proto-Hellenic *ptólis, {{der|el|ine-pro|*tpólHis}} Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, {{m|ine-pro|*tpelH-}} *tpelH- Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|πόλεις|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} πόλη • (póli) f (plural πόλεις), {{el-noun|f|πόλεις}} πόλη • (póli) f (plural πόλεις) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|πόλη|πόλεις|πόλης|πόλεων|πόλη|πόλεις|πόλη|πόλεις|note=|note0=Also, older or formal genitive singlar: πόλεως •}} Forms: póli [romanization], πόλεις [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], πόλη [nominative, singular], πόλεις [nominative, plural], πόλης [genitive, singular], πόλεων [genitive, plural], πόλη [accusative, singular], πόλεις [accusative, plural], πόλη [singular, vocative], πόλεις [plural, vocative], Also, older, formal genitive singlar: πόλεως
  1. town, city
    Sense id: en-πόλη-el-noun-ZCEWfNGR Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'πόλη' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'πόλη': 46 54
  2. townspeople
    Sense id: en-πόλη-el-noun-Lu5moZ-h Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'πόλη' Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'πόλη': 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πολιτεία (politeía) [neuter], άστυ (ásty) (english: large city) [neuter]
Related terms: αντιπολιτικός (antipolitikós) (english: unpolitical) [adjective], απολιτικός (apolitikós) (english: apolitical) [adjective], κωμόπολη (komópoli) (english: small town) [feminine], πολιτεία (politeía) (english: state) [feminine], πολίτευμα (polítevma) (english: governance) [neuter], πολίτης (polítis) (english: citizen) [masculine], πολιτική (politikí) (english: politics, policy) [feminine], πολιτικός (politikós) (english: civil, political) [adjective], πολιτικός (politikós) (english: politician) [feminine, masculine, noun], πολίτις (polítis) (english: citizen) [feminine], πολιτισμός (politismós) (english: culture, civilisation) [masculine], πολίχνη (políchni) (english: township) [feminine], κώμη (kómi) (english: market town) [feminine], χωριό (chorió) (english: village, hometown) [neuter], πόλις (pólis) [also, feminine] Related terms (and see): αντιπολίτευση (antipolítefsi) (english: political opposition) [feminine] Disambiguation of 'and see': 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πολιτεία"
    },
    {
      "english": "large city",
      "roman": "ásty",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "άστυ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόλη"
}

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