metropolis

me·trop·o·lis  (m-trp-ls)

n.

1. A major city, especially the chief city of a country or region: Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest.

2. A city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity: a great cultural metropolis.

3. Ecclesiastical The chief see of a metropolitan bishop.

4. The mother city or country of an overseas colony, especially in ancient Greece.

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[Middle English metropol, from Late Latin mtropolis, mother-city, from Greek : mtr, mtr-, mother; see mter- in Indo-European roots + polis, city; see pel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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metropolis [mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs]

n pl -lises

1. (Social Science / Human Geography) the main city, esp of a country or region; capital

2. a centre of activity

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the chief see in an ecclesiastical province

[from Late Latin from Greek: mother city or state, from mētēr mother + polis city]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	metropolis - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" city, urban center concrete jungle - an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant central city, city center, city centre - the central part of a city financial center - the part of a city where financial institutions are centered down town, municipal center, civic center - the center of a city inner city - the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city medical center - the part of a city where medical facilities are centered municipality - an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government national capital - the capital city of a nation provincial capital - the capital city of a province state capital - the capital city of a political subdivision of a country
	2.	metropolis - people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" city municipality - people living in a town or city having local self-government

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metropolis

noun city, town, capital, big city, municipality, conurbation, megalopolis the bustling metropolis

Translations

metropolis [mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs] N → metrópoli f

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metropolis [məˈtrɒpəlɪs] n → métropole f

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metropolis

n → Metropole f, → Weltstadt f; (= capital) → Hauptstadt f

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metropolis [mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs] n → metropoli f inv

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metropolis [mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs] n → metropoli f inv

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metropolis

n metropolis [məˈtropəlis]

a large city, especially the chief city of a country London is England's metropolis. metropool المَدينَه الأم، المدينَه الكُبْرى столица metropole hovedstad die Hauptstadt μητρόπολη metrópoli suurlinn کلان شهر suurkaupunki, pääkaupunki métropole מֶטרוֹפּוֹלִין महानगरी glavni grad, metropola főváros kota besar stórborg metropoli 大都市 주요 도시 didžiausias miestas, sostinė, metropolis metropole; galvaspilsēta metropolis metropool storby, verdensby; hovedstad metropolia metrópole metropolă крупный город; столица metropola prestolnica metropola metropol, huvudstad มหานคร büyük kent; başkent 大都會, 大城市 метрополія کسی ملک کا سب سے اہم شہر thủ đô 大都会, 大城市

adj metropolitan [metrəˈpolitən]

of or in a capital city the metropolitan area/police. metropools خاص بالعاصِمه أو المدينَة الكبيرَه столичен metropolitní hovedstads- hauptstädtisch μητροπολιτικός metropolitano suurlinna(-) کلان شهری suurkaupungin métropolitain שֶׁל הַמֶטרוֹפּוֹלִין महानगरीय prijestolni, glavni fővárosi metropolitan stórborgar- metropolitano 大都市の 주요 도시의 didmiesčio, sostinės, municipalinis galvaspilsētas-; lielpilsētas- metropolitan grootstedelijk hovedstads- metropolitarny metropolitano metro­politan столичный metropolitný velemesten metropolitski huvud-, stor-, världsstads- แห่งเมืองหลวง başkente ait 大城市的, 主要都市的 столичний کسی بڑے شہر سے متعلق có tính thủ đô 大城市的, 主要都市的