pentapolitan

adjective

pen·​ta·​pol·​i·​tan

¦pentə¦pälətᵊn

: of or relating to a pentapolis

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin pentapolitanus, from pentapolis, after such pairs as Late Latin metropolis : metropolitanus metropolitan

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