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cos|mop|o|lis
cos|mop|o|lis «koz MOP uh lihs», noun.
a center of and for people of all the world, their ideas, art, and other cultural affairs; a cosmopolitan city: »

The banker is boasting that he will make his beloved city by the bay into an international cosmopolis (Wall Street Journal).

[< cosmo(politan) + (metro)polis]

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  • cos — an·te·cos·ta; au·to·cos·mic; bel·li·cos·i·ty; ca·thol·i·cos; ce·cos·to·my; cer·cos·po·ra; cer·cos·po·rel·la; cer·cos·po·ri·o·sis; chas·ta·cos·ta; coc·cos·te·an; coc·cos·te·us; co·cos; cor·ti·cos·ter·one; COs; COS; cos·cet; cos·ci·no·dis·ca·ce·ae; …   English syllables

  • lis — acrop·o·lis; ae·o·lis; aero·bal·lis·tics; ama·bi·lis; am·a·ryl·lis; an·a·gal·lis; anaph·a·lis; an·nap·o·lis; ano·lis; anom·a·lis·tic; an·thyl·lis; apo·lis·ta; ba·lis·tes; ba·lis·ti·dae; bal·lis·ta; bal·lis·ter; bal·lis·ti·cian; bal·lis·tics;… …   English syllables

  • mop — an·e·mop·sis; chro·mop·a·rous; cos·mop·o·lis; der·mop·tera; er·e·mop·ter·is; gan·ga·mop·ter·is; hae·mop·is; he·mop·a·thy; he·mop·toe; he·mop·to·ic; he·mop·ty·sis; ho·mop·tera; ho·mop·ter·ist; ho·mop·ter·on; mi·cro·sper·mop·ter·is; MOP; mop·er;… …   English syllables

  • cosmopolis — cos·mop·o·lis …   English syllables

  • cosmopolis — cos•mop•o•lis [[t]kɒzˈmɒp ə lɪs[/t]] n. an internationally important city inhabited by many different peoples • Etymology: 1890–95; cosmo + polis, modeled on metropolis …   From formal English to slang

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • Cosmopolitan — Cos mo*pol i*tan ( p?l ? tan), Cosmopolite Cos*mop o*lite (k?z m?p ? l?t), n. [Gr. kosmopoli ths; ko smos the world + poli ths citizen, po lis city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cosmopolite — Cosmopolitan Cos mo*pol i*tan ( p?l ? tan), Cosmopolite Cos*mop o*lite (k?z m?p ? l?t), n. [Gr. kosmopoli ths; ko smos the world + poli ths citizen, po lis city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

  • ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… …   English syllables

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