metropolis
noun
- large city
- religious region
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mɪˈtɹɒp.ə.lɪs/ / /məˈtɹɑp.ə.lɪs/
name
Etymology: See English metropolis.
- Nickname for London: the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London.
“The journey from our town to the metropolis, was a journey of about five hours.”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”). By surface analysis, metro- + -polis. Doublet of metropole.
- The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
“Colonies certainly did not become "clones" of their metropolises, but it is equally false that their colonial heritages were not influenced by the organization of the metropolises.”
- A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
“Holonym: metropolitan area”
“An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting.”
- The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
- A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.