city in Indiana, U.S., founded 1821, from Indiana + -polis.
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Indiana
by 1765 in English, a name given to the region north of the Ohio River mid-18c. by French explorers or settlers; see Indian + Latin-derived place-name suffix -ana. Organized as a U.S. territory 1800, admitted as a state 1816. Related: Indianian (1784).
-polis
word-forming element meaning "city," from Greek polis "city, citadel" (see polis).