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metropolisme‧trop‧o‧lis /mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs $ -ˈtrɑː-/ noun [countable]   metropolisOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin, Greek, from meter ‘mother’ + polis ‘city’ - After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.
- Our aim is to make Sydney the musical metropolis of the world.
- They drove quickly, leaving the immense metropolis behind them.
- For the time, he was the most important man in the metropolis.
- He felt the attraction of the literary life of the metropolis.
- It was a metropolis of two streets, after all, and everyone saw everybody else six times a day.
- Moated Norfolk, Theodora thought, and moated house, defended against the falsity, rapacity and sheer ugliness of the metropolis.
- Sant'Elia's city was a utopian metropolis designed on a monumental scale.
- They are the last pro sports team left in the United States that does not play in a metropolis.
- Wealth, culture, and international adventure had turned a tiny collection of huts into a huge sandstone metropolis.
place with houses, shops, and offices► city a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a town: · The nearest big city is San Francisco. ► town a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a city: · La Coruña is a pretty seaside town. ► capital (also capital city) the city where the government of a country or state is: · We travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary. ► metropolis a big busy city that is full of people and activity: · After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis. ► urban adjective [only before noun] relating to towns and cities: · Air pollution is particularly bad in urban areas.· urban development the biggest or most important town in a country or area► capital the town or city where the government of a country or area is: · Rome is one of the world's most beautiful capitals.capital of: · What's the capital of Canada?capital city: · The tour includes a trip to Budapest, Hungary's capital city.state/regional/provincial etc capital: · Sacramento is the state capital of California. ► metropolis the largest, most important city in a country or area - use this especially to emphasize that a city is busy and full of people and activity: · After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.· They drove quickly, leaving the immense metropolis behind them.metropolis of: · Our aim is to make Sydney the musical metropolis of the world. a very large city that is the most important city in a country or area:  The city has become a huge, bustling metropolis.► see thesaurus at city |