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acropolis
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a·crop·o·lis  (-krp-ls)
n.
1. The fortified height or citadel of an ancient Greek city.
2. A raised area holding a building or cluster of buildings, especially in a pre-Columbian city.

[Greek akropolis : akron, top; see acromegaly + polis, city; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots.]

acropolis [əˈkrɒpəlɪs]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the citadel of an ancient Greek city
[from Greek, from acro- + polis city]

Acropolis [əˈkrɒpəlɪs]
n
(Placenames / Named Buildings) the citadel of Athens on which the Parthenon and the Erechtheum stand

acropolis
a citadel or elevated fortification of a settlement.
See also: Architecture
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.acropolis - the citadel in ancient Greek townsacropolis - the citadel in ancient Greek towns  
citadel, bastion - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
Translations
acropolis [əˈkrɒpəlɪs] Nacrópolis f
Acropolis [əˈkrɒpəlɪs] n
the Acropolis → l'Acropole f
acropolis
nAkropolis f
Acropolis [əˈkrɒpəlɪs] n the Acropolisl'Acropoli f


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In the afternoon Ban will visit the New Akropolis Museum and in the evening he will attend a dinner hosted by Papandreou and his spouse.
Its 53,800 square meter Akropolis retail center, arranged around a glass-domed ice skating rink, opened in 2002, and remains the national shrine for Lithuanian customers.
Arriving back in Stavanger we dined at Greek restaurant, Akropolis, for a reasonable pounds 10 each, and stopped off in Cafe Francais for a chocolate brownie and tea, before heading to the harbour where our car was parked.
 
 
 
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