Thesaurus: metropolis

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1. n. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.
2. n. The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
3. n. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
4. n. people living in a large densely populated municipality
5. 1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. Tennyson. 2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak.
6. The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest churchdignitary.The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak.
7. n:100 n a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts n people living in a large densely populated municipality