Tetrapolis

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Tetrapolis is an ancient Greek term referring to a group of four closely associated cities or towns that formed a political or religious union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek term
political union of cities
religious union of cities
appliesTo city-states
towns
characterizedBy cooperation among member cities
shared institutions
denotes closely associated cities
closely associated towns
etymologyMeaning four cities
hasConceptType political concept
religious concept
urban grouping
hasEtymologyLanguage Ancient Greek
hasEtymologyRoot polis
tetra
hasNumberOfConstituentCities 4
hasSemanticField ancient Greek political geography
ancient Greek religion
isDefinedAs group of four closely associated cities or towns forming a union
refersTo group of four cities
group of four towns
relatedTo pentapolis
polis
tripolis NERFINISHED
usedFor federal-style groupings of cities
political associations
religious associations
usedIn ancient Greece NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greek "Tripolis" relatedTerm Tetrapolis
subject surface form: Tripolis