See also Metropolis
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]
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Noun[]
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Metropolis (es)
- Template:History The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.
- A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
- (canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
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Derived terms
Synonyms[]
- (colony’s founding polis): mother city, metropole
- (metropolitan archbishop’s see): archbishopric
Translations[]
colony’s mother city
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large, busy city
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metropolitan archbishop’s see
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See also[]
- capital city
References[]
Dutch[]
Noun[]
Metropolis (plural metropolissen, diminutive Metropolisje, diminutive plural Metropolisjes) m. and f.
Synonyms[]
- metropool m. and f.
Related terms[]
- metropoliet m.
- metropolitaans (adjective)
Serbo-Croatian[]
Noun[]
metròpolis m. (Cyrillic spelling метро̀полис)
Declension[]
declension of Metropolis
singular | plural | |
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nominative | metropolis | metropolisi |
genitive | metropolisa | metropolisa |
dative | metropolisu | metropolisima |
accusative | metropolis | metropolise |
vocative | metropolise | metropolisi |
locative | metropolisu | metropolisima |
instrumental | metropolisom | metropolisima |
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