metropolis

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
2. A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
3. The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
4. A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

Sinonieme

capital

city

🏙️

capital city

large city

big city

town

🏙️

center

megalopolis

urban center

mother country

centre

old Kyoto

national

big town

megacity

chief city

center

center

Seoul

world city

borough

burg

capital town

cathedral

downtown

metro

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metropolises

municipality

urban area

imperial capital

Vertalings

métropole

metrópole

metrópoli

Metropole

metropoli

metropool

μητρόπολη

Hauptstadt

wereldstad

hoofdstad

Weltstadt

capitale

metropolis

grande ville

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɪˈtɹɒ.pə.lɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”). By surface analysis, metro- + -polis. Doublet of metropole.