δήμος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈði.mos/
  • Hyphenation: δή‧μος

Noun

δήμος • (dímos) m (plural δήμοι)

  1. municipality, deme
    ο Δήμος Αθηναίωνo Dímos Athinaíonthe Municipality of Athenians (of Athens)
  2. (historical) people, common people (the body of citizens of a city-state in ancient Greece)
  3. common people
  4. (historical) deme (a subdivision of ancient Attica)

Usage notes

  • For the official names of municipalities in Greece, the demonym follows the word Δήμος, not the placename.

Declension

δημο- (dimo-, demo-), δημ- compounds like

Further reading

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