Meaning of METROPOLIS
| Pronunciation: | | mu'trâpulis
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- [n] people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
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| | Synonyms: | | city, city, urban center |
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| | See Also: | | Abidjan, Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez, Antofagasta, Aspinwall, Cali, Campeche, Cancun, Canton, Cartagena, central city, Changan, chihuahua, Chongqing, Chungking, city center, Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Victoria, civic center, Colon, Concepcion, concrete jungle, Constantine, Cordoba, Cordova, Culiacan, Douala, down town, Dunkerque, Dunkirk, Durazzo, Durres, Elisabethville, Fengtien, financial center, Guangzhou, Hamilton, Hangchow, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Hsian, hub, inner city, Juarez, Kananga, Kandy, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Lanchou, Lanchow, Lanzhou, Loyang, Lubumbashi, Luluabourg, Luoyang, Mandalay, Medellin, medical center, Merida, Moukden, Mukden, municipal center, municipality, municipality, Nanchang, Nan-chang, Nanjing, Nanking, Nanning, Nan-ning, Oran, Philippopolis, Plovdiv, Punta Arenas, San Pedro Sula, Santa Ana, Shanghai, Shenyang, Sian, Singan, Taichung, Tianjin, T'ien-ching, Tientsin, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Xian | |
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| | Definition: | |  Metropolis
An examination of life in 10 different cities in 10 different historical time periods, ranging from 11th-century Jerusalem to contemporary New York City. more details ... |
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| | Definition: | | \Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See
{Mother}, and {Police}.]
1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or
country.
[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
--Tennyson.
2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
church dignitary.
The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, art center, bailiwick, banlieue, bishopric, boom town, borough, bourg, burg, burgh, canton, capital, capital city, city, commune, congressional district, constablewick, conurbation, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, exurb, exurbia, faubourg, garment center, ghost town, government, greater city, hamlet, hundred, Kreis, magistracy, manufacturing center, market town, medical center, megalopolis, metropolitan area, municipality, oblast, okrug, outskirts, parish, polis, precinct, principality, province, railroad center, region, riding, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shipping center, shire, shopping center, shrievalty, soke, spread city, Stadt, stake, state, suburb, suburbia, territory, tourist center, town, township, trade center, urban center, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs, village, ville, wapentake, ward |
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