City names with numbers Others refer to part of a city or a group of cities, such as: 1.
Polis, or Polis Chrysochous (), located on the northwest coast of
Cyprus within the
Paphos District and on the edge of the
Akamas peninsula. During the Cypro-Classical period, Polis became one of the most important ancient Cypriot city-kingdoms on the island, with important commercial relations with the eastern
Aegean Islands,
Attica, and
Corinth. The town is also well known due to its
mythological history, including the site of the Baths of
Aphrodite. 3.
Tripolis – a group of three cities, retained in the names of
Tripoli, Libya,
Tripoli, Greece and
Tripoli, Lebanon 4.
Tetrapolis – a group of four cities 5.
Pentapolis – a group of five cities 6.
Hexapolis – a group of six cities 7.
Heptapolis, Middle Egypt – a group of seven cities 8.
Octapolis, in ancient Caria or Lycia – a group of eight cities 10.
Decapolis, a group of ten cities in the
Levant 12.
Dodecapolis – a group of twelve cities
Descriptive city names The names of several other towns and cities in Europe and the Middle East have contained the suffix
-polis since antiquity or currently feature modernized spellings, such as
-pol. Notable examples include: •
Adrianopolis or Adrianople ("
Hadrian's city"), present-day
Edirne, Turkey •
Alexandropol ("
Alexandra's city"), currently
Gyumri, Armenia •
Alexandroupolis ("
Alexander's city"),
Greece •
Antipolis ("the city across"), the former name for
Antibes, France •
Constantinopolis or Constantinople ("
Constantine's city"), capital of
Byzantine Empire. •
Gallipoli (‘beautiful city’) • Heliopolis (‘
Sun city’) in
ancient and
modern Egypt,
Lebanon, and
Greece •
Heracleopolis ("
Hercules' city"), Egypt •
Hermopolis ("
Hermes' city"), several cities in Egypt and on
Siros Island •
Hierakonpolis ("Hawk city"),
Egypt •
Hieropolis ("Sacred city"), several cities in the
Hellenistic world, in particular
Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey •
Istanbul (derived from the Greek phrase "εἰς τὴν Πόλιν" meaning "to the city"), Turkey. • Istropolis, currently
Bratislava, Slovakia. •
Lithopolis ("Stone city"), Latin name for
Kamnik, Slovenia •
Mariupol ("Marios' City"), Ukraine (Greek: Μαριούπολης,
Marioupolis) •
Megalopolis ("Great city"), Greece •
Neapolis ("New city"), several, including the modern cities of
Nablus and
Naples (), and the adjective
Neapolitan •
Nicopolis ("Victory city"),
Emmaus in Israel •
Persepolis ("city of the Persians"),
Iran •
Philippopolis ("
Philip's city"), the former name for
Plovdiv, Bulgaria. •
Seuthopolis ("
Seuthes' city"),
Bulgaria •
Sevastopol ("Venerable city"),
Crimea, Ukraine •
Simferopol ("city of common good"),
Crimea, Ukraine •
Sozopol ("Salvaged city"), Bulgaria •
Stavropol ("city of the cross"), Russia •
Tiraspol ("
Tiras' city"),
Moldova Cities with the -polis suffix The names of other cities were also given the suffix
-polis after antiquity, either referring to ancient names or unrelated: •
Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil •
Annapolis,
Maryland, United States •
Augustinópolis, Tocantins, Brazil •
Biopolis, Singapore •
Borrazópolis,
Parana, Brazil •
Cambysopolis, Turkey •
Cassopolis, Michigan, United States •
Christianopel, Sweden •
Copperopolis, California, United States •
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States •
Demopolis, Alabama, United States •
Dianópolis, Tocantins, Brazil •
Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil •
Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil •
Florianópolis ("
Floriano's city"),
Santa Catarina, Brazil •
Gallipolis, Ohio, United States •
Indianapolis,
Indiana, United States •
Kannapolis,
North Carolina, United States •
Lithopolis, Ohio, United States •
Marijampolė, Lithuania •
Metropolis, Illinois, United States •
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, United States •
Opolis, Kansas, United States •
Penápolis, São Paulo, Brazil •
Petrópolis ("
Pedro's city"),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil •
Piopolis, Quebec, Canada •
Pirenópolis, Goiás, Brazil •
Prudentópolis, Paraná, Brazil •
Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil •
Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil •
Rorainópolis, Roraima, Brazil •
Salinópolis, Pará, Brazil •
Sebastopol, California, United States •
Sophia-Antipolis, France •
Teresópolis ("
Teresa's city"), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil •
Teutopolis, Illinois, United States •
Thermopolis, Wyoming, United States •
Uniopolis, Ohio, United States == Other uses ==