metropolis

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noun

Plural noun:

metropolisesmetropoleismetropolesmetropolizesmetropolimetropolissesmetropolis's

1.
(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
Đồng nghĩa: mother city, metropole
2.
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
Holonym: metropolitan area
Đồng nghĩa: metropolitan city
3.
(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
Đồng nghĩa: archbishopric
4.
(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

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Đồng nghĩa

mother citymetropolemetropolitan cityarchbishopric

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aerotropolismetropolizeminimetropolismetrometropoleMetropolis of Lyonmetropolitan megalopolisregiopolis

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Nguồn gốc từ

mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mother city), from μήτηρ (mother) + πόλις (city (state)). metro-. metropole.