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Meanings of metropolis in English

Russian
метрополис
Portuguese
metrópole
Catalan
metròpoli
Spanish
metrópoli
Wikidata

Very large and significant city or urban area usually with millions of inhabitants.

метрополис
Portuguese
cidade
Catalan
metròpoli
Spanish
ciudad

A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.

cidade
Russian
митрополия
Catalan
metròpoli
Spanish
metrópolis

Diocese headed by an archbishop and having suffragan dioceses under its jurisdiction.

митрополия
Usage of metropolis in English
1
Five weeks in the great metropolis had worked wonders in the boy.
Richard Dare's Venture; Or, Striking Out for Himself
2
Today, Wenling is a typical medium-sized metropolis in Zhejiang province, southern China.
The Guardian
3
Then came Richmond; the metropolis of the world, to the young voyager.
Literary Hearthstones of Dixie
4
It gave him a new picture of the metropolis, he told us.
The new yorker
5
In the metropolis, an extraordinary assembly of the national union took place.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
6
The artificial fountains of the metropolis are, in like manner, fast vanishing.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
7
I am at Paris-andnot in the metropolis of our own country.
A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France an...
8
Once Babylon became the metropolis it retained its pre-eminence until the end.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
9
He was at home in Budapest among the writers of the metropolis.
The new yorker
10
I was helpless as a teenager coming of age in that metropolis.
The Guardian
11
One day, the imagined metropolis may even become a publicly traded company.
Reuters
12
He was in a city whose size made it a true metropolis.
The Blind Spot
13
We have all the advantages of a great metropolis without the drawbacks.
The Butterfly House
14
Indeed, my cousin had apparently grown suddenly famous in the American metropolis.
The Master of Silence: A Romance
15
And thus Athens became, as it were, the metropolis of the allies.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book V
16
The great commercial metropolis had celebrated the occasion by a magnificent banquet.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I