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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
cos·mop·o·lis

 \\käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  New Latin, back-formation from cosmopolites
 DATE  1849
: a cosmopolitan city
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
cos·mop·o·lis
\käzˈmäpələ̇s\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: New Latin, from French cosmopolitain & English cosmopolitan, after French métropolitain & English metropolitan: Late Latin metropolis
1. : a community of citizens of the world bound by juridical or moral principles
2. : a city of world importance or inhabited by many nationalities

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