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   metropolis

   /mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the capital or chief city of a country or region: "he preferred the peaceful life of the countryside to the bustle of the metropolis" Similar capital (city)chief townstate/regional/provincial capitalcounty towncounty boroughadministrative centre
   • ▪ a very large and busy city: "by the late eighteenth century Edo had grown to a metropolis with a population of nearly one million" Similar big cityconurbationmegalopolisurban sprawlconcrete jungleinformal:big smokearchaic:wen

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the see of a metropolitan bishop): via late Latin from Greek mētropolis ‘mother state’, from mētēr, mētr- ‘mother’ + polis ‘city’.

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   What does Metrópolis mean?

   • metrópolis, metrópoli… metrópole… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! METROPOLIS definition: 1. a very large city, often the most important city in a large area or country: 2. a very large….

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   Why is a city called a metropolis?

   • A large, densely populated urban area is called a metropolis. "She liked living in a metropolis because there were many opportunities in a city that were not available elsewhere, like 24-hour diners." The noun metropolis comes from the Greek roots mētēr, meaning "mother," and pólis, meaning "city."

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   What does Metrópole mean?

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   Where did the word metropolis come from?

   • Historically, the word referred to the founding city-state of a region in Ancient Greece. Today the word refers to any urban area. The largest metropolis in Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the capital. Sometimes people use the word metropolis ironically or sarcastically: "She came from the booming metropolis of Tumbleweed, population 325."

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   The meaning of METROPOLIS is the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region. How to use metropolis in a sentence.

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   A metropolis (/ m ɪ ˈ t r ɒ p əl ɪ s /) is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.

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   any large, busy city. the chief, and sometimes capital, city of a country, state, or region. a central or principal place, as of some activity: the music metropolis of France. the mother city or parent state of a colony, especially of an ancient Greek colony. the chief see of an ecclesiastical province. metropolis.

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   Definitions of metropolis. noun. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts. synonyms: city, urban center. see more. see less. types: national capital. the capital city of a nation.

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   A metropolis is the largest, busiest, and most important city in a country or region.