Polis

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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^[1], www.coloradoconnection.com:

     Jared Polis of Boulder is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent.

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔlɪs/, /ˈpoːlɪs/

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Polis f (genitive Polis, plural Poleis)

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

• The plural is often paraphrased with compounds such as Polis-Staaten.

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Polis m

1. a surname originating as a patronymic