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Metropolis
//mɪˈtɹɒp.ə.lɪs// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.
- 2 Nickname for London: the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. England, dated
"The journey from our town to the metropolis, was a journey of about five hours."
- 3 A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
- 4 A classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).
- 5 A fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Superman franchise, published by DC Comics.
"My city need a hero, so I treat it like Metropolis / And it's a few bad Lois Lanes I can't name"
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- 6 Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States.
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 people living in a large densely populated municipality wordnet
- 3 A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
"Holonym: metropolitan area"
- 4 a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts wordnet
- 5 The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
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- 6 A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
See English metropolis.
Etymology 3
See English metropolis.
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