An acropolis (Auncient Greek: ἀκρόπολις, tr. Akrópolis; frae ákros (άκρος) or ákron (άκρον) "heichest, tapmaist, ootermaist" an pólis "ceety"; plural in Scots: acropoles, acropoleis or acropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, biggit upon an aurie o elevatit grund—frequently a hill wi precipitous sides, chuisen for purposes o defence. In mony pairts o the warld, acropoleis acame the nuclei o lairge ceeties o clessical antiquity, such as auncient Roum, an for this raison thay are whiles prominent laundmerks in modren ceeties wi auncient pasts, sic as modren Roum.
