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metropolis
[mi-trop-uh-lis]
noun
plural
metropolisesany 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
/ ɪˈٰɒəɪ /
noun
the main city, esp of a country or region; capital
a centre of activity
the chief see in an ecclesiastical province
Word History and Origins
Origin of metropolis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of metropolis1
Example Sentences
Her characters travel on the public transport and engage firsthand with the unglamorous but still relevant realities of a vast metropolis.
Lastly, in Buckinghamshire, the former ground floor of Debenhams in the shopping metropolis of Milton Keynes is now a wide-ranging entertainment venue.
“For a long time, it was one or two stories, a sprawling metropolis. We used to have 150-foot height limits, but technology evolved so we can have taller buildings in L.A.”
A global metropolis that, last week, was left shaken and on edge by Trump’s threats to upend and rework global trade.
In 2022, taps ran dry in parts of the sprawling industrial metropolis of Monterrey, with many of the region’s 5 million residents without regular running water for months.
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