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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek κωμόπολις (kōmópolis).[1] By surface analysis, κώμ(η) (kóm(i)) +‎ -ό- (-ó-) +‎ πόλη (póli).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈmo.po.li/
  • Hyphenation: κω‧μό‧πο‧λη
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Noun

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κωμόπολη (komópolif (plural κωμοπόλεις)

  1. small town

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ κωμόπολη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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