Polis

See also: polis, polís, pólis, poliš, and -polis

English

Etymology

Proper noun

Polis

  1. 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

From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis).

Noun

Polis f (genitive Polis, plural Poleis)

  1. (historical) polis (Greek city-state)

Declension
Declension of Polis
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Polis die Poleis
genitive einer der Polis der Poleis
dative einer der Polis den Poleis
accusative eine die Polis die Poleis

Latvian

Etymology

polis

Proper noun

Polis m

  1. A patronymic surname​.
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