Metropolis

Noun

 * 1)  The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.
 * 2) A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
 * 3)  The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

Derived terms

 * metro
 * metropole
 * metropolitan

Synonyms

 * mother city, metropole
 * archbishopric

Adjectives for Metropolis
exciting; throbbing; expectant; dazzling; holiday; commercial; perfume; mystical; huge; monstrous.

Thesaurus
Kreis, Stadt, 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, 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, stake, state, suburb, suburbia, territory, tourist center, town, township, trade center, urban center, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs, village, ville, wapentake, ward

Etymology
First attested in : from metropolis:, from  μητρόπολις:, from μήτηρ: + πόλις:.

Translations

 * Dutch: metropolis,, moederstad
 * Finnish:


 * Russian:, метрополия


 * Dutch:, grootstad, wereldstad
 * Esperanto:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Russian:


 * Dutch:


 * : Metropole
 * : Metropole



Noun

 * 1) A metropolis

Synonyms

 * metropool

Related terms

 * metropoliet
 * metropolitaans (adjective)

Noun

 * 1) metropolis

Etymology
Late Latin, from μητρόπολις:, from μητρο-: + πόλις:.

Derived terms

 * mētropolītānus

Noun

 * 1) A metropolis