Definitions
people living in a large densely populated municipality
Word origin
Borrowed from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”). By surface analysis, metro- + -polis. Doublet of metropole.
Used in a sentence
“Colonies certainly did not become "clones" of their metropolises, but it is equally false that their colonial heritages were not influenced by the organization of the metropolises.”
“Holonym: metropolitan area”
“An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Large city”10 letters
02“Big city”10 letters
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