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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary me·trop·o·lis \\mə-ˈträ-p(ə-)ləs\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek mētropolis, from mētr-, mētēr mother + polis city — more at mother , police DATE 14th century 1. the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region 2. the city or state of origin of a colony (as of ancient Greece) 3. a. a city regarded as a center of a specified activity a great business metropolis b. a large important city the world's great metropolises — P. E. James English Etymology metropolis "seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1535, see metropolitan.Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1590. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 metropolis me·trop·olis / mE5trCpElis; NAmE mE5trB:p- / noun a large important city (often the capital city of a country or region) 大都会；大城市；首都；首府 OLT metropolis noun ⇨ city Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged me·trop·o·lis \mə̇.ˈträp(ə)lə̇s, meˈ-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Late Latin, mother city, from Greek mētropolis, from mētr-, mētēr mother + -o- + polis city — more at mother , police 1. : a metropolitan see 2. : the mother city or state of a colony (as of ancient Greece) :mother country 3. a. : the chief town or city of a country or other land area : capital < the metropolis of the valley > b. : a city regarded as the center of a particular activity < a lumber metropolis > < a cattle metropolis > c. : city ; especially : an important city < the world's great metropolises — P.E.James > < the boom spirit which saw in every village a future metropolis — G.R.Stewart > 4. : a region where a particular kind of organism (as a variety or species) is most abundant |
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