82 Moby Thesaurus words for "polis":
   Stadt, ally, archduchy, archdukedom, banlieue, body politic,
   boom town, borough, bourg, buffer state, burg, burgh,
   captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city, city-state, colony,
   commonweal, commonwealth, conurbation, country, county, domain,
   dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, empery, empire, exurb, exurbia,
   faubourg, free city, ghost town, grand duchy, greater city,
   kingdom, land, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee,
   mandatory, market town, megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan area,
   municipality, nation, nationality, outskirts, polity, possession,
   power, principality, principate, protectorate, province,
   puppet government, puppet regime, realm, republic, satellite,
   seneschalty, settlement, sovereign nation, spread city, state,
   suburb, suburbia, sultanate, superpower, territory, toparchia,
   toparchy, town, township, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs,
   ville