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What is the plural of polis?

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The noun polis can be countable or uncountable.

In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will be poleis.

However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be polises e.g. in reference to various types of polises or a collection of polises.

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There were several hundred poleis in ancient Greece, many very small.
King Darius managed to build up the Persian Empire and now controlled Asia Minor, including Greek poleis on the west coast.
First, it is safe to say that Attica's huge size and favourable configuration made it unusual by any standards among Greek poleis.
What we call the ancient Greek world was really hundreds of independent city-states or poleis.
In many poleis, the common hearth of the polis, the koine hestia, which was also an altar-hearth for Hestia, was located in the prytaneion.
There were several hundred poleis, the history and constitutions of most of which are known only sketchily if at all.

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