Usually means: Ancient citadel, high city center.
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  1. acropolis: Merriam-Webster
  2. acropolis, the Acropolis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acropolis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acropolis: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Acropolis, acropolis: Wiktionary
  8. acropolis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Acropolis, the acropolis: Dictionary.com
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  13. Acropolis (disambiguation), Acropolis (neighbourhood), Acropolis, The Acropolis (mountain), The Acropolis, The acropolis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Acropolis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. acropolis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  21. Acropolis: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. acropolis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  23. acropolis: Merriam-Webster

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  1. acropolis: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Acropolis)

▸ noun:  The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)
▸ noun:  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.

Similar:
athenaeum, Hekatompedon, Athens, academe, Eleutherian, Akademeia, Cadmea, Mount Pentelicus, Attica, Areopagus, more...

Opposite:
peripteral

Phrases:
north acropolis, the acropolis, Acropolis of Athens, Acropolis Museum, Acropolis Rally, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, athenian, old, whole, lofty, small, central, greek, mycenaean, entire, artificial

Colors:
    stone gray,     marble white,     olive green, more...


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Similar:
athenaeum, Hekatompedon, Athens, academe, Eleutherian, Akademeia, Cadmea, Mount Pentelicus, Attica, Areopagus, more...

Opposite:
peripteral

Phrases:
north acropolis, the acropolis, Acropolis of Athens, Acropolis Museum, Acropolis Rally, Acropolis of Rhodes, Live at the Acropolis, New Acropolis, Acropolis Now, Acropolis International Basketball Tournament, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, athenian, old, whole, lofty, small, central, greek, mycenaean, entire, artificial

Colors:
    stone gray,     marble white,     olive green, more...



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