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METROPOLISES
Noun
metropolises
plural of metropolis
Usage notes
Metropolises follows English inflection patterns (the addition of -es to a noun ending in s). Metropoleis follows Ancient Greek inflection patterns (see πόλις). Metropoli incorrectly follows Latin inflection patterns (metropolis is a third declension noun with the nominative plural metropolēs).
Verb
metropolises
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metropolise
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
METROPOLIS
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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