English

Proper noun

Acropolis

1. The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

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References

1. ↑ “Acropolis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Anagrams

• prosocial

English

Alternative forms

• akropolis

Noun

acropolis ‎(plural acropolises or acropoleis)

1. A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.
   • 1850: Karl Otfried Müller and John Leitch (translator), Ancient Art and Its Remains; or, A Manual of the Archæology of Art, page 146:

     The Etruscans, then, appear in general as an industrious people ( φιλότεχνον ἔϑνος), of a bold and lofty spirit of enterprise, which was greatly favoured by their priestly aristocratic constitution. Massive walls, mostly of irregular blocks, surround their cities (not merely their acropoleis); the art of protecting the country from inundations by the construction of canals, and outlets from lakes, was very zealously practised by them.

Related terms

• acropolitan (pertaining adjective)
• acropoli (non-standard plural)

References

1. 1 2 “Acropolis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

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Anagrams

• prosocial