Metropolis

Word METROPOLIS
Character 10
Hyphenation me trop o lis
Pronunciations /mɪˈtɹɒpəlɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Metropolis"

What do we mean by metropolis?

A major city, especially the chief city of a country or region. noun

A city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity. noun

The chief see of a metropolitan bishop. noun

The mother city or country of an overseas colony, especially in ancient Greece. noun

In ancient Greece, the mother city or parent state of a colony, as Corinth of Corcyra and Syracuse, or Phocæa of Massalia (Marseilles), the colony being independent, but usually maintaining close relations with the metropolis. noun

Later, a chief city; a seat of government; in the early church, the see or chief city of an ecclesiastical province. noun

In modern usage: Specifically, the see or seat of a metropolitan bishop. noun

The capital city or seat of government of a country, as London, Paris, or Washington noun

A chief city; a city holding the first rank in any respect, within a certain territorial range: as, New York is the commercial metropolis of the United States. noun

In zoögeog. and botany, the place of most numerous representation of a species by individuals, or of a genus by species; the focus of a generic area. See generic. noun

The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. noun

The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. noun

Any large city. noun

The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world. noun

A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas. noun

The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops. noun

People living in a large densely populated municipality noun

A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts noun

(history) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.

(canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

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The word "metropolis" in example sentences

The term metropolis comes from two Greek words meter and polis, or "mother-city." ❋ Unknown (2009)

"If anything could spoil his temper, it is a day in what he calls the metropolis of Philistinism." ❋ Arlo Bates (1884)

Vespasian marched against "Gadara," which he calls the metropolis of ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

A second and more artificial cause of the growth of a metropolis is the residence of a monarch, the expense of a luxurious court, and the tributes of dependent provinces. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Julianne Moore (great as always) leads the cast as the sole sighted woman after an unnamed metropolis is gripped in a mysterious blindness epidemic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most of the time this bustling metropolis is a model for organised chaos, and our ethnic, religious and other communities mingle freely, be it in business, street sports or our many mixed families. ❋ Mustafa Qadri (2010)

Reading itself, which "loomed for a Shillington child as an immense, remote, menacing, and glamorous metropolis," is a remarkably recognizable Brewer, with its depiction over the Rabbit series offering a nearly perfect rendering of the actual city's respectable past, attempts at renewal and hardscrabble present. ❋ Anthony Paletta (2010)

And Yarmouth, that great metropolis, is about twice the population of the whole of Lurgan, let alone the townland where where last night's killing occurred. ❋ Norfolk Blogger (2009)

Our town has less than 10k people, nearest metropolis is over 2 hours away. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The installation moves from harrowing recordings of emergency calls at the time of the tragedy to lovely images of Beijing-born master calligrapher Gong Fagen at work; there are ghost stories, reconstructions of pre-war Shanghai movies, and flickering images of Pudong, the Shanghai district that has become China's hub of crony capitalism (one economist recently described Shanghai as "the world's most successful Potemkin metropolis" – meaning there is little behind the moneyed facade). ❋ Stuart Jeffries (2010)

Anyway, to go back to Singapore's emergency stockpile, the image of mountain ranges made up entirely of finely grained immigrant soil, rising and diminishing in response to economic demands and international geopolitics, within or along the periphery of a crowded metropolis, is outrageously fascinating. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Tropical Panama is the only Latin American metropolis with a rainforest within city limits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Michigan's one major metropolis is in a state of inexorable decay. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Suppose we were to ask some of our best and most ambitious mayors, battling valiantly for limited, immediate objectives, whether concentrations of population are beyond improvement, whether the raison d'etre of the metropolis is gone, and whether their plans for redevelopment are essentially futile. ❋ Unknown (1969)

It makes me look forward to the return journey with a certain degree of sadness, because the trip back to the Old Country, to the great metropolis, is always something of a thrill. ❋ Unknown (1932)

I would lay this down as an economic axiom, that the greatest factor in making or marring a commercial metropolis is the ease and cost of freight handling and transportation. ❋ Unknown (1913)

We have crossed the continent in four days and twenty hours – thanks to Mr. Foley – and the distance between New York and the Western metropolis is reduced by a whole day. ❋ Unknown (1891)

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