metropolis
NounUS[muh-trop-uh-luhs]/məˈtrɑpələs/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts“Ancient Troy was a great city”Synonyms: cityurban centerType of municipalityKinds state capital, provincial capital, national capitalExamples New York, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Manchester, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Detroit, Saint Louis +628 moreParts city center, inner city, financial center, concrete jungle, civic center, medical center
- people living in a large densely populated municipality“the city voted for Republicans in 1994”Synonyms: cityType of municipality
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aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Me·trop′o·lis noun
Origin: 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.— Alfred Tennyson
2. Church The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
The great metropolis and see of Rome.— William Shakespeare
3. Any large city.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors
The Devil's Dictionary
METROPOLIS, n. A stronghold of provincialism.