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Meanings of colonist origin in English

Russian
метрополия

Homeland of a colonial empire.

метрополия
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Examples for "metropole"
Examples for "metropole"
1
He picked up the brandy bottle and sniffed the cork: good, well-aged spirit and assuredly from the metropole.
All souls' rising
2
The rain should dissipate from the CBD before midnight and will be gone before sunrise for areas outside of the metropole.
The South African
3
Earlier, the group checked out of the historic French-colonial era Metropole Hotel.
Reuters
4
He secured a ticket for me to get dinner in the Metropole.
Russia in 1919
5
The two men stationed themselves on either side of the Metropole entrance.
The bourne objective
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