Originally Greek History. The mother city or parent state of a colony.
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > mother country in relation to colonies (5) metropolisa1568 Originally Greek History. The mother city or parent state of a colony. home country1707 (a) one's native land; the land of one's ancestors (cf. mother country, n. 1); (b) a country in relation to its colonies or dependencies (cf. moth… mother country1732 A country in relation to its colonies or dependencies; the country from which the founders of a colony came. metropole1803 The parent state or mother city of a colony; a mother country. Cf. metropolis, n. 2. motherland1835 A country in relation to its colonies or dependencies; the country from which the founders of a colony came; = mother country, n. 1. |
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