metropolis

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Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  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.

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/mɪˈtɹɒ.pə.lɪs/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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.

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