- me|trop|o|lis
- me|trop|o|lis «muh TROP uh lihs», noun.1. the most important city of a country or region. It is usually (but not always) the one in which the government is carried on. »
New York is the metropolis of the United States.
2. a large city; important center, especially the center of some activity: »a financial metropolis. Chicago is a busy metropolis.
3. the chief diocese of a church province; the see of a metropolitan bishop.4. the mother city or parent state of a colony, especially of an ancient Greek colony.╂[< Latin Metropolis, a place name < Greek mētrópolis < m
ēr mother + pólis city]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
