metropolis: Meaning and Definition of

me•trop•o•lis

Pronunciation: (mi-trop'u-lis), [key]
— pl. -lis•es.
  1. any large, busy city.
  2. the chief, and sometimes capital, city of a country, state, or region.
  3. a central or principal place, as of some activity: the music metropolis of France.
  4. the mother city or parent state of a colony, esp. of an ancient Greek colony.
  5. the chief see of an ecclesiastical province.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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