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Meaning of Acropolis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
əˈkɹɒpəlɪs

Definitions

  1. The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)
  2. 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.

Equivalents

العربية الأكروبولس
Български акропол
Bosanski akropola акропола
Čeština Akropole Akropolis
Deutsch Akropolis
Ελληνικά Ακρόπολη
Español acrópolis
Suomi akropolis
Français acropole acropolis
Hrvatski akropola акропола
Հայերեն ակրոպոլիս
Bahasa Indonesia akropolis
Italiano acropoli
日本語 アクロポリス
ქართული აკროპოლისი
한국어 아크로폴리스
Македонски акропол
Nederlands Akropolis
Polski akropol
Português Acrópole
Română acropolă
Русский Акрополь
Српски akropola акропола
Tagalog akropolis
Türkçe akropol akropolis

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

acropomatid acropore acroporid acroposthion acroposthitis acropsin

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