Editing Acropolis (section)

== Origin ==
An acropolis is defined by the Greek definition of {{Lang|grc|ἀκρόπολις|italic=no}}, {{Lang|grc-latn|akropolis}}; from {{Lang|el-latn|akros}} ({{Lang|el|άκρος|italic=no}}) or {{Lang|el-latn|akron}} ({{Lang|el|άκρον|italic=no}}) meaning “highest; edge; extremity”, and {{Lang|grc-latn|polis}} ({{Lang|grc|πόλις|italic=no}}) meaning “city.”<ref>{{Cite book |last=Douglas (Ph.D.) |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o20CAAAAQAAJ |title=English etymology |date=1872 |pages=145 |language=en}}</ref> The plural of {{Lang|el-latn|acropolis}} ({{Lang|el|ακρόπολη|italic=no}}) is {{Lang|el-latn|acropolises}}, also commonly as {{Lang|el-latn|acropoleis}} and {{Lang|el-latn|acropoles}}, and {{Lang|el|ακροπόλεις|italic=no}} in Greek. The term acropolis is also used to describe the central complex of overlapping structures, such as plazas and pyramids, in many [[Maya city|Maya cities]], including [[Tikal]] and [[Copán]]. Acropolis is also the term used by archaeologists and historians for the urban [[Castro culture]] settlements located in Northwestern Iberian hilltops.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sinner |first1=Alejandro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKP6EAAAQBAJ |title=The Human Factor: The Demography of the Roman Province of Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis |last2=Carreras |first2=Cèsar |last3=Houten |first3=Pieter |date=2024-09-24 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-284859-8 |pages=142 |language=en}}</ref> 

[[File:Lindos Rhodes 3.jpg|thumb|Acropolis of Lindos, on the island of [[Rhodes]], Greece]] 
It is primarily associated with the Greek cities of [[Athens]], [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] (with [[Larissa (Argos)|Larisa]]), [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] (with [[Cadmea]]), [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]] (with its [[Acrocorinth]]), and [[Rhodes]] (with its [[Lindos#Acropolis|Acropolis of Lindos]]). It may also be applied generically to all such citadels including Rome, [[Carthage]], [[Jerusalem]], Celtic [[Bratislava]], [[Asia Minor]], or [[Castle Rock, Edinburgh|Castle Rock]] in [[Edinburgh]]. An example in Ireland is the [[Rock of Cashel]]. In [[Central Italy]], many small rural [[Comune|communes]] still cluster at the base of a fortified habitation known as {{lang|it|[[Rocca (fortification)|rocca]]}} of the commune. Other parts of the world have developed other names for the high citadel, or {{Lang|es|[[alcázar]]}}, which often have reinforced a naturally strong site. Because of this, many cultures have included acropolises in their societies, however, do not use the same name for them.