What is "diospolis"

Diospolis ('Zeus-city' < Greek Διός 'Zeus' (genitive) + πόλις 'city') may refer to:

• Lod in modern Israel, Colonia Lucia Septimia Severa Diospolis, Byzantine Lydda
• The Synod of Diospolis in Lydda, which acquitted Pelagius of heresy
• Thebes in Egypt, ancient Waset, in Greco-Roman times called Diospolis Magna (Great Zeus-City)
• Hiw in Egypt, ancient Hut-Sekhem, in Greco-Roman times called Diospolis Parva (Little Zeus-City)
• The first known name of Laodicea on the Lycus in Phrygia, Anatolia