policía
/poliˈθia/ · A1 · noun · f
civility
👮🚓 From Greek polis (city): policía = the order of the city, then its keepers
Same root as English police, politics and polite-sounding polity. The older sense was civic order and good manners; the force that keeps that order took the name. Stress falls on the í: po-li-CÍ-a.