"Acropolis" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: əkrŏʹpəlĭs [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis, “Acropolis”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Ἀκρόπολις||Acropolis}} Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis, “Acropolis”), {{m|grc|ἄκρος||highest}} ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”), {{m|grc|πόλις||city}} πόλις (pólis, “city”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Acropolis
  1. The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.) Wikipedia link: Acropolis of Athens Categories (topical): Ancient Greece Translations (Athenian Acropolis): Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis) (Ancient Greek), Ակրոպոլիս (Akropolis) (Armenian), Acrópolis [feminine] (Asturian), Акро́пол (Akrópol) (Bulgarian), Acròpolis [feminine] (Catalan), Akropolis [feminine] (Czech), Akropole [feminine] (Czech), Akropolis (Danish), Akropolis (Dutch), Akropolis (Finnish), Acrópole [feminine] (Galician), Akropolis [feminine] (German), Ακρόπολη (Akrópoli) [feminine] (Greek), Akrópólishæð [feminine] (Icelandic), An Acrapoil [feminine] (Irish), An tAcrapolas [masculine] (Irish), Acropoli (Italian), アクロポリス (akuroporisu) (Japanese), 아크로폴리스 (akeuropolliseu) (Korean), А́кропол (Ákropol) [masculine] (Macedonian), Akropolis (Malay), Akropol [masculine] (Polish), Acrópole [feminine] (Portuguese), Акро́поль (Akrópolʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Акропољ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Akropolj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Acrópolis [feminine] (Spanish)

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