See also: pìlís and pilīs

English

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Noun

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pilis

  1. plural of pili

Anagrams

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Friulian

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Noun

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pilis

  1. plural of pile

Latin

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Noun

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pīlīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of pīla
  2. dative/ablative plural of pīlum

Latvian

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Noun

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pilis f

  1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of pils

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pilis, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-í-s, from *tpelH- (stronghold). Cognate with Latvian pils, Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), Sanskrit पुर (pura).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilìs f (plural pìlys) stress pattern 4 or pìlis f stress pattern 2

  1. castle, stronghold
  2. palace

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

Yapese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Palauan bilis.

Noun

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pilis

  1. dog
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Note 1