Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metropolis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metropolis \Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See
{Mother}, and {Police}.]
1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or
country.
[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
--Tennyson.
2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
church dignitary.
The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metropolis
n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
several independent administrative districts; "Ancient
Troy was a great city" [syn: {city}, {urban center}]
2: people living in a large densely populated municipality;
"the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: {city}]
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