METROPOLIS

city, metropolis

(noun) people living in a large densely populated municipality; “the city voted for Republicans in 1994”

city, metropolis, urban center

(noun) a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; “Ancient Troy was a great city”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

metropolis (plural metropolises or metropoleis or metropolizes)

(history) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Hellenistic world.

The mother country of a colony.

A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.

(canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

Synonyms

• (colony’s founding polis): mother city, metropole

• (metropolitan archbishop’s see): archbishopric

Anagrams

• simple root

Etymology

Proper noun

Metropolis

A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.

A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.

a classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).

Anagrams

• simple root

Source: Wiktionary


Me*trop"o*lis, n. Etym: [L. metropolis, Gr. 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.)

Definition: The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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