metropol

Concepts

metropolis

Translations

métropole

metrópole

metròpolis

Weltstadt

μητρόπολη

bajarê mezin

حاضِرَة

metropol

metropolis

metropool

moederstad

serbajar

metròpoli

Pronounced as (IPA)

/met.ɾɔ.pɔl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: métropole

In summary

From French métropole, from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “a mother city or state”), from μητρο- (mētro-, “mother-”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).