metropolis

Definition of Metropolis in English :

1. city, metropolis, urban center

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

Example Sentences:
'Ancient Troy was a great city'

2. city, metropolis

people living in a large densely populated municipality

Example Sentences:
'the city voted for Republicans in 1994'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Metropolis

noun plural -lises

1.

the main city, esp of a country or region; capital

2.

a centre of activity

3.

the chief see in an ecclesiastical province

nounWord forms: plural meˈtropolises

1.

the main city, often the capital, of a country, state, or region

2.

any large city or center of population, culture, etc.

3.

in ancient Greece, the mother city or state of a colony

n.

1. A major city, especially the chief city of a country or region: Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest.

2. A city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity: a great cultural metropolis.

3. Ecclesiastical The chief see of a metropolitan bishop.

4. The mother city or country of an overseas colony, especially in ancient Greece.