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tetrapolis [τετράπολις], district of four towns, city or town that has authority over four towns. est ‥ Hortuna quasi umbilicus ~is in quattuor oppidis equalibus spaciis ‥ distantibus Gosc. Wulfh. 4 (cf. NLA II 508 v. l.: quasi umbilicus ~is a quatuor urbibus spaciis equalibus ‥ distans); hec ~is i. civitas illa que habet sub se quattuor alias civitates Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 432.

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