"Acropolitan" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌækɹəˈpɒlɪtən/
enPR: ăk'rəpŏʹlĭtən Etymology: Alternative letter-case form of acropolitan Etymology templates: {{alternative case form of|en|acropolitan}} Alternative letter-case form of acropolitan Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Acropolitan (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of the Athenian Acropolis; compare acropolitan. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Acropolitan-en-adj-oAQiLls6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1854: Robert Stuart, Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Topographical, Decorative, Theoretical and Mechanical, pages 60 and 63–64 (A. S. Barnes & Co., 51 John-Street)",
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          "text": "1931: International museums office, Proceedings of the Athens committe on the anastylosis of the Acropolitan monuments, main title\nProceedings of the Athens committe on the anastylosis of the Acropolitan monuments"
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          "ref": "2006: Ethnologia Balkanica, volume 10, page 199 (Prof. M. Drinov Academic Pub. House)",
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