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单词 tetrapolis
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tetrapolisn.

/tɪˈtrapəlɪs/
Etymology: < Greek τετράπολις of four cities; also noun.
A district of four cities; a state or political division consisting of four towns.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > group of towns
pentapolis1838
tetrapolis1846
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. v. 141 The inhabitants of the insignificant tetrapolis of Doris Proper.
1884 Boscawen Lect. in Builder 6 Dec. It was a tribe called the Akkadians who..founded the tetrapolis of Nimrod.
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