metropolis

thumb|upright=1.35|New York City|New York has garnered the nickname Metropolis to describe the city in the daytime in popular culture, contrasting with Gotham, sometimes used to describe New York at night. thumb|upright=1.35|Skyline of Jakarta, the world's most populous metropolis thumb|upright=1.35|Skyline of London, which was once the [[metropole of the British Empire]]

A metropolis 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.