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Metropolis

Metropolis Meaning & Definition
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"
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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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