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it's Polis because there was no Greek word for city
Polis
The Greek word is polis, from which we derive today such words as politics, political, politicians etc.
polis. Its the greek name for city.
Polis is the Greek word for a city-state, that is a tract of farmland on which was built a city and its protective fortress (acro-polis = high city, that is the fortress on a hill, around which the city came to be built). It was independent - self ruled - which is why the term city-state is used.
Polis is a greek word for city-state.
it's Polis because there was no Greek word for city
Polis is the early Greek city-state.
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city : πόλη (poli)
Polis is the Greek word for political city-state. The term refers to the political, social and cultural center of the different Greek city-states.
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