metropolis
pronunciation
How to pronounce metropolis in British English:
UK [məˈtrɒpəlɪs]
How to pronounce metropolis in American English:
US [məˈtrɑpəlɪs]
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- Noun:
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- people living in a large densely populated municipality
Word Origin
- metropolis
- metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc).=> mother, police, policy, politics
- metropolis (n.)
- "seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. The modern metropolis has spread far beyond this original location .
- 2. A less overmighty metropolis may be no bad thing .
- 3. Mumbai has perhaps the most extreme statistics of any metropolis .
- 4. Since the bigger cities have the most universities , their expansion will draw youngsters from the hinterland to the metropolis .
- 5. The metropolis should build more bungalows rather than force families who want them to live farther inland , where temperatures are higher .