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  1. -polissuffix

    city

  2. Etymology: From πόλις “city”

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of -polis in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of -polis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of -polis in a Sentence

  1. Finley Peter Dunne:

    Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th'ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward.

  2. William Bailey:

    He [Polis] felt that the 110-year sentence was too severe. And we told him that we agreed with that. We also told him, he should stay out of it.

  3. Reggie Wassana:

    When then-Gov. Evans made that proclamation, he said that John Hickenlooper can hunt Native people, just as if John Hickenlooper could hunt a buffalo, an antelope, an elk, a deer. It was open season, and we do appreciate what Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has acknowledged. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants to try to make a wrong right. And that's what we're here for today and that's what we look forward to, is that we would like to see all those wrongs that were done all those years ago come back to right.

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