This List of modern words formed from Greek polis recounts the use of the ancient Greek word polis to form modern names.
Derivative words in English include policy, polity, police, and politics.
In Greek, words deriving from polis include politēs and politismos, whose exact equivalents in Latin, Romance, and other European languages, respectively civis ("citizen"), civilisatio ("civilisation"), etc., are similarly derived.
During the Cypro-Classical period, Polis became one of the most important ancient Cypriot city-kingdoms on the island, with important commercial relations with the eastern Aegean Islands, Attica, and Corinth.
The town is also well known due to its mythological history, including the site of the Baths of Aphrodite.