'metropolis' is from the Greek 'polis', meaning 'city'. Now, it's been a while since I studied the Ancient Greek language, so I don't recall what the plural form would be off the top of my head, so I had a poke around on the Internet.

It appears that, strictly, the plural form of 'polis' is 'poleis'. The iota-sigma ending is replaced with an eta-sigma ending in the plural.

polis:

poleis:


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Edited by Roger (29/01/2003 04:13)
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