Polis
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "polis"
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Polis
- A surname.
- 1973 January 31, Ken Fathers, “Schmautz Gets Winner, Polis The Car”, in The Windsor Star, page 33:
- 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.
- 1973 May 2, Associated Press, “Carol Polis loves judging those bouts”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune, page 3C:
- 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.
- 2009 August 10, Associated Press, “Colo. delegation votes party lines on hate crime”, in KXRM, www.coloradoconnection.com:
- Jared Polis of Boulder is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Polis f (genitive Polis, plural Poleis)
- (historical) polis (Greek city-state)
Declension
Declension of Polis
Latvian
Etymology
Proper noun
Polis m
- a surname originating as a patronymic