About The Word Metropolis
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Metropolis
| Metropolis Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Metropolis?
[n] people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
[n]
Synonyms | Synonyms for Metropolis: city |
city |
urban center
Related Terms | Find terms related to Metropolis: archbishopric |
archdiocese |
arrondissement |
art center |
bailiwick |
banlieue |
bishopric |
boom town |
borough |
bourg |
burg |
burgh |
canton |
capital |
capital city |
city |
commune |
congressional district |
constablewick |
conurbation |
county |
departement |
diocese |
district |
duchy |
electoral district |
electorate |
exurb |
exurbia |
faubourg |
garment center |
ghost town |
government |
greater city |
hamlet |
hundred |
Kreis |
magistracy |
manufacturing center |
market town |
medical center |
megalopolis |
metropolitan area |
municipality |
oblast |
okrug |
outskirts |
parish |
polis |
precinct |
principality |
province |
railroad center |
region |
riding |
sheriffalty |
sheriffwick |
shipping center |
shire |
shopping center |
shrievalty |
soke |
spread city |
Stadt |
stake |
state |
suburb |
suburbia |
territory |
tourist center |
town |
township |
trade center |
urban center |
urban complex |
urban sprawl |
urbs |
village |
ville |
wapentake |
ward
See Also | Abidjan |
Acapulco |
Acapulco de Juarez |
Antofagasta |
Aspinwall |
Cali |
Campeche |
Cancun |
Canton |
Cartagena |
central city |
Changan |
chihuahua |
Chongqing |
Chungking |
city center |
Ciudad Juarez |
Ciudad Victoria |
civic center |
Colon |
Concepcion |
concrete jungle |
Constantine |
Cordoba |
Cordova |
Culiacan |
Douala |
down town |
Dunkerque |
Dunkirk |
Durazzo |
Durres |
Elisabethville |
Fengtien |
financial center |
Guangzhou |
Hamilton |
Hangchow |
Hangzhou |
Hong Kong |
Hsian |
hub |
inner city |
Juarez |
Kananga |
Kandy |
Kuangchou |
Kwangchow |
Lanchou |
Lanchow |
Lanzhou |
Loyang |
Lubumbashi |
Luluabourg |
Luoyang |
Mandalay |
Medellin |
medical center |
Merida |
Moukden |
Mukden |
municipal center |
municipality |
municipality |
Nanchang |
Nan-chang |
Nanjing |
Nanking |
Nanning |
Nan-ning |
Oran |
Philippopolis |
Plovdiv |
Punta Arenas |
San Pedro Sula |
Santa Ana |
Shanghai |
Shenyang |
Sian |
Singan |
Taichung |
Tianjin |
T'ien-ching |
Tientsin |
Valparaiso |
Vina del Mar |
Xian
Metropolis In Webster's Dictionary
\Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See
{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.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
church dignitary.
The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
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