American English Dictionary

Definition of “metropolis”

metropolis (məˈtrɑpəlɪs Pronunciation for )

Definitions

noun

Word forms:   plural meˈtropolises
  1. the main city, often the capital, of a country, state, or region
  2. any large city or center of population, culture, etc.
  3. in ancient Greece, the mother city or state of a colony

Word Origin

LL < Gr mētropolis < mētēr, mother1 + polis, a state, city: see , police

Translations for 'metropolis'

  • American English: metropolis A metropolis is the largest, busiest, and most important city in a country or region. metropolises...the bustling metropolis.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: metrópole
  • Chinese: 大都会 
  • European Spanish: metrópoli
  • French: métropole
  • German: Metropole
  • Italian: metropoli
  • Japanese: 大都市
  • Korean: 대도시
  • Portuguese: metrópole
  • Spanish: metrópoli

Example Sentences Including 'metropolis'

Love, Nora Monday, December 31 Letter from Nora who seems to be thriving in the great metropolis.
Richard Wright 52449_Clara (2001)
Out in the middle of no where, yes, but not 30 miles (as the crow flies) from a 450,000 person metropolis.
SlashDot (2004)
Smoke billowed from other government buildings around the metropolis.
New York Post (2003)
They run this team like a Green Acres town and not the metropolis we have become.
Seattle Times (2004)
This was the coffee house in my fantasy of an energetic metropolis.
Lipsett, Suzanne Surviving a Writer&apos;s Life (1994)

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