metropolis
noun
me·trop·o·lis
mə-ˈträ-p(ə-)ləs 
1
: the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
2
: the city or state of origin of a colony (as of ancient Greece)
3
a
: a city regarded as a center of a specified activity
an industrial metropolis
a cattle metropolis
b
: a large important city
one of Europe's great metropolises
Examples of metropolis in a Sentence
a big, teeming metropolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their mark
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
The season 1 finale teased New Vegas, with MacLachlan's battered and bloody Hank approaching the one-time metropolis in the episode's final moments.
—EW.com, 14 May 2025
Whereas a series against a different opponent might have offered a stay in a larger, downtown metropolis, the Leafs decided to be isolated in their hotel from, well, distractions.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The setting of the urban scenes was crafted by dressing up these Welsh locations to mimic a deteriorating American metropolis, Screen Rant reported.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Metropolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metropolis. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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metropolis
noun
me·trop·o·lis
mə-ˈträp-(ə-)ləs
1
: the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
2
: a large important city
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