A recent survey reveals that the population density in the metropolis is decreasing.
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Metropolis
//mɪˈtɹɒp.ə.lɪs//
Synonyms for "metropolis" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
Related word relations
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3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
112 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- metropol noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropol noun (large, busy city)
Arabic
1 entries- حَاضِرَة noun (colony’s mother city)
Belarusian
4 entries- мегапо́ліс noun (large, busy city)
- метрапо́лія noun (colony’s mother city)
- мэтрапо́лiя noun (colony’s mother city)
- мітрапо́лія noun (see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мегапо́лис noun (large, busy city)
- метро́полис noun (large, busy city)
- метропо́лия noun (colony’s mother city)
Catalan
4 entries- metròpoli noun (colony’s mother city)
- metròpoli noun (large, busy city)
- metròpolis noun (colony’s mother city)
- metròpolis noun (large, busy city)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 大城市 noun (large, busy city)
- 大都市 noun (large, busy city)
- 大都會 /大都会 noun (large, busy city)
- 都市 noun (large, busy city)
Czech
1 entries- velkoměsto noun (large, busy city)
Danish
3 entries- metropol noun (large, busy city)
- moderby noun (colony’s mother city)
- storby noun (large, busy city)
Dutch
4 entries- grootstad noun (large, busy city)
- metropolis noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropool noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropool noun (large, busy city)
Esperanto
2 entries- metropolo noun (colony’s mother city)
- urbego noun (large, busy city)
Estonian
2 entries- metropol noun (colony’s mother city)
- suurlinn noun (large, busy city)
Finnish
4 entries- emäkaupunki noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropoli noun (large, busy city)
- metropoliittakunta noun (see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops)
- metropolis noun (colony’s mother city)
French
2 entries- métropole noun (colony’s mother city)
- métropole noun (large, busy city)
Georgian
1 entries- მეტროპოლია noun (colony’s mother city)
German
2 entries- Metropole noun (large, busy city)
- Weltstadt noun (large, busy city)
Greek
2 entries- μητρόπολη noun (colony’s mother city)
- μητρόπολη noun (large, busy city)
Hebrew
1 entries- מֶטְרוֹפּוֹלִין noun (large, busy city)
Hungarian
4 entries- anyaország noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropolisz noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropolisz noun (large, busy city)
- nagyváros noun (large, busy city)
Icelandic
1 entries- stórborg noun (large, busy city)
Indonesian
1 entries- kota raya noun (large, busy city)
Irish
2 entries- ceannchathair noun (colony’s mother city)
- ceannchathair noun (large, busy city)
Italian
1 entries- metropoli noun (large, busy city)
Japanese
3 entries- メトロポリス noun (large, busy city)
- 大都会 noun (large, busy city)
- 大都市 noun (large, busy city)
Khmer
4 entries- ទីក្រុងមេ noun (colony’s mother city)
- ទីក្រុងមេ noun (large, busy city)
- មាតុក្រុង noun (colony’s mother city)
- មាតុក្រុង noun (large, busy city)
Korean
2 entries- 대도시 noun (large, busy city)
- 메트로폴리스 noun (large, busy city)
Latin
1 entries- metropolis noun (colony’s mother city)
Latvian
2 entries- metropole noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropole noun (large, busy city)
Macedonian
3 entries- велеград noun (large, busy city)
- метропола noun (colony’s mother city)
- метропола noun (large, busy city)
Marathi
1 entries- महानगर noun (large, busy city)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- metropol noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropol noun (large, busy city)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- metropol noun (colony’s mother city)
Persian
2 entries- متروپل noun (large, busy city)
- کلانشهر noun (large, busy city)
Polish
3 entries- metropolia noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropolia noun (large, busy city)
- metropolia noun (see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops)
Portuguese
2 entries- metrópole noun (colony’s mother city)
- metrópole noun (large, busy city)
Romanian
2 entries- metropolă noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropolă noun (large, busy city)
Russian
4 entries- мегапо́лис noun (large, busy city)
- метропо́лия noun (colony’s mother city)
- метропо́лия noun (large, busy city)
- митропо́лия noun (see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- metròpola noun (colony’s mother city)
- metròpola noun (large, busy city)
- metròpolis noun (large, busy city)
- vȅlegrād noun (large, busy city)
Slovak
1 entries- veľkomesto noun (large, busy city)
Slovene
1 entries- metropola noun (large, busy city)
Spanish
2 entries- metrópolis noun (large, busy city)
- urbe noun (large, busy city)
Swedish
2 entries- metropol noun (large, busy city)
- storstad noun (large, busy city)
Tagalog
2 entries- daklunsod noun (large, busy city)
- metropoli noun (colony’s mother city)
Turkish
2 entries- metropol noun (colony’s mother city)
- metropol noun (large, busy city)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мегапо́ліс noun (large, busy city)
- метро́поліс noun (large, busy city)
- метропо́лія noun (colony’s mother city)
- митропо́лія noun (see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops)
Vietnamese
1 entries- siêu đô thị noun (large, busy city)
Volapük
1 entries- metropoel noun (colony’s mother city)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
A recent survey revealed that the population density in the metropolis was decreasing.
Source: tatoeba (243795)
In Japan there are 43 prefectures, 2 urban prefectures, 1 circuit and a metropolis.
Source: tatoeba (543972)
The town felt like a metropolis.
Source: tatoeba (6033726)
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