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PolisA polis (πολις) — plural: poleis (πολεις) — is a city, or a city-state. The word originates from the ancient Greek city-states, which developed in the Hellenic period and survived (though with decreasing influence) well into Roman times. The territory of an ancient polis centered around a citadel, called the acropolis, and would of necessity also have an agora (market) and a gymnasion. Most people lived in the countryside, but only a short journey away from the civic center. The Greeks did not regard the polis as a territorial unit so much as a religious and political association. Each city was composed of several tribes or demes, which were in turn composed of phratries and finally gentes. Metics (resident foreigners) and slaves lay outside this organization. Birth typically determined citizenship. Each polis also had a number of protecting gods and its own particular festivals and customs. Derived words Derivative words in modern English, such as policy, polity, police and politics, indicate the influence of the polis-centred Hellenic world view. A number of words have a suffix "-polis". Usually they refer to a special kind of city. Some examples are: - Acropolis - upper part of a town.
- Astropolis - star-scaled city/industry area; complex space station; a european star-related festival.
- Megapolis, megalopolis - an urban area resulted by merging several cities and their suburbs.
- Metropolis - a major suburban population centre.
- Necropolis - a graveyard; city of the dead.
- Technopolis - city with high-tech industry; room full of computers; The Internet.
Names Names of a number of places and enterprises contain the suffix "-polis" or "-pol": See also
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east marlborough township, pennsylvania
east nantmeal township, pennsylvania
east nottingham township, pennsylvania
east pikeland township, pennsylvania
east vincent township, pennsylvania
east whiteland township, pennsylvania
easttown township, pennsylvania
elk township, chester county, pennsylvania
elverson, pennsylvania
exton, pennsylvania
| franklin township, chester county, pennsylvania
highland township, chester county, pennsylvania
honey brook, pennsylvania
honey brook township, pennsylvania
kenilworth, pennsylvania
kennett township, pennsylvania
kennett square, pennsylvania
lionville marchwood, pennsylvania
london britain township, pennsylvania
london grove township, pennsylvania
londonderry township, chester county, pennsylvania
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malvern, pennsylvania
modena, pennsylvania
new garden township, pennsylvania
new london township, pennsylvania
newlin township, pennsylvania
north coventry township, pennsylvania
oxford, pennsylvania
paoli, pennsylvania
parkesburg, pennsylvania
penn township, chester county, pennsylvania
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phoenixville, pennsylvania
pocopson township, pennsylvania
sadsbury township, chester county, pennsylvania
schuylkill township, chester county, pennsylvania
south coatesville, pennsylvania
south coventry township, pennsylvania
south pottstown, pennsylvania
spring city, pennsylvania
thornbury township, chester county, pennsylvania
thorndale, pennsylvania
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