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demos

Pronunciation: /ˈdiːmɒs/

The English word “demos” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
  2. The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”). Doublet of deme.

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