POLIS

Etymology

Proper noun

Polis

A surname.

Anagrams

• spoil

Etymology 1

Noun

polis (plural poleis or polises)

(historical) A Greek city-state.

Etymology 2

Noun

polis (countable and uncountable, plural polises)

(uncountable, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie) The police.

(countable, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie) A police officer.

Synonyms

• (the police): See police

• (police officer): See police officer

Anagrams

• spoil

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

coffee icon