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Acropolitan¹

  • /ˌækɹəˈpɒlɪtən/ UK

Where it comes from

Alternative letter-case form of acropolitan.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, pertaining to, or in the style of the Athenian Acropolis; compare acropolitan. Who first surrounded the Acropolitan platform with a wall, is unknown, but it is probable that the work of Pelasgi may be traced in part of the boundary wall, from a division of it having received that name by tradition.

acropolitan²

  • /ˌækɹəˈpɒlɪtən/ UK

Where it comes from

acropolis + -an

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or befitting an acropolis, especially in lofty glory and in the capacity to inspire awe; compare Acropolitan. And then, this enduring ocean of houses, of palaces, temples, porticoes, colonnades, which floated before her eyes from the Western Necropolis to the Gardens of the Goddess: Bruchion, the Hellenic town, dazzling and regular; Rhacotis, the Egyptian town, before which the light-flooded Paneion rose li

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@misc{acropolitan_2026,
  title = {acropolitan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acropolitan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}