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English[]

Etymology[]

First attested in Middle English: from Late Latin metropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis), mother city), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr), mother) + πόλις (pólis), city (state)).[1]

Pronunciation[]

Noun[]

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Singular
Metropolis

Plural
es

Metropolis (es)

  1. Template:History The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.
  2. A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
  3. (canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

Derived terms[]

Synonyms[]

  • (colony’s founding polis): mother city, metropole
  • (metropolitan archbishop’s see): archbishopric

Translations[]

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See also[]

  • capital city

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]

Dutch[]

Noun[]

Metropolis (plural metropolissen, diminutive Metropolisje, diminutive plural Metropolisjes) m. and f.

  1. A metropolis

Synonyms[]

  • metropool m. and f.

Related terms[]

  • metropoliet m.
  • metropolitaans (adjective)

Serbo-Croatian[]

Noun[]

metròpolis m. (Cyrillic spelling метро̀полис)

  1. A metropolis

Declension[]

et:metropolis io:metropolis kn:metropolis hu:metropolis ml:metropolis ja:metropolis ru:metropolis fi:metropolis ta:metropolis te:metropolis vi:metropolis zh:metropolis

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