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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024me•trop•o•lis /mɪˈtrɑpəlɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -lis•es. - the chief city of a country or region.
See -polis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024me•trop•o•lis (mi trop′ə lis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lis•es. - any large, busy city.
- the chief, and sometimes capital, city of a country, state, or region.
- a central or principal place, as of some activity:the music metropolis of France.
- Ancient Historythe mother city or parent state of a colony, esp. of an ancient Greek colony.
- Religionthe chief see of an ecclesiastical province.
- Greek mētrópolis a mother state or city, equivalent. to mētro-, combining form of mé̄tēr mother + pólis -polis, polis
- Late Latin mētropolis
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: metropolis /mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs/ n ( pl -lises)- the main city, esp of a country or region; capital
- a centre of activity
- the chief see in an ecclesiastical province
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin from Greek: mother city or state, from mētēr mother + polis city met•ro1 /ˈmɛtroʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. [often: Metro]- Transportthe underground railway of certain cities, as Washington, D.C., and Paris, France:[countable] Compare the metros in both cities.[uncountable]You can get there by metro.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ro1 (me′trō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. (often cap.) - Transportthe underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Transportsubway (def. 1).
- French métro, short for chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan railroad
- 1900–05
- Informal Termsmetropolitan (defs. 1, 2).
n. - Informal Termsmetropolis (defs. 1, 2).
- Informal Terms, British Terms(often cap.) [Chiefly Canadian.]the government or jurisdiction of a large city.
- 1900–05; by shortening; or independent use of metro-3
, - a combining form meaning "measure,'' used in the formation of compound words:metronome.
- combining form representing Greek métron measure
, - a combining form meaning "uterus,'' used in the formation of compound words:metrorrhagia.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] metr-. - combining form representing Greek mé̄tra womb
: - a combining form representing metropolis or metropolitan in compound words:metroflight;metroland;Metroliner.
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