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metropolis
(encz) | metropolis,metropole n: Zdeněk Brož |
Metropolis
(gcide) | Metropolis \Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See
Mother, and Police.]
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1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or
country.
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[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
--Tennyson.
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2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
church dignitary.
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The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
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3. Any large city.
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metropolis
(wn) | metropolis
n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy
was a great city" [syn: city, metropolis, {urban
center}]
2: people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the
city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: city,
metropolis] |
metropolis
(devil) | METROPOLIS, n. A stronghold of provincialism.
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metropolises
(encz) | metropolises,metropole n: Zdeněk Brož |
Metropolis
(gcide) | Metropolis \Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See
Mother, and Police.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or
country.
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[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
--Tennyson.
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2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
church dignitary.
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The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
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3. Any large city.
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