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US
/məˈtɹɑpəɫəs/
]
[ UK /mətɹˈɒpəlˌɪs/ ]
[ UK /mətɹˈɒpəlˌɪs/ ]
NOUN
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people living in a large densely populated municipality
the city voted for Republicans in 1994 -
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
Ancient Troy was a great city
How To Use metropolis In A Sentence
- Located far away from the hustle and bustle of a metropolis, the choice of venue was well and truly acknowledged by all concerned.
- Could this mountain metropolis be the third stop and final launching pad of the ascendency of a major civilizational power?
- If we may trust the old marbles, my friend with his arm stretched over my head, above there, (in plaster of Paris,) or the discobolus, whom one may see at the principal sculpture gallery of this metropolis, -- those Greek young men were of supreme beauty. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
- Whether Godzilla’s attacking, a meteor is about to hit Metropolis or every car in town has mysteriously turned bright pink, a journalist will have something to do. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 1
- I had to coordinate my hectic schedule with a wide variety of shuls located in various parts of the metropolis and match it with their schedules.
- The larger the metropolis grows, the less coherent its image becomes.
- This is a terrain in brutal transition: the boomburbs circling the edge of the metropolis only recently existed as country towns or rural settlements far away from the urban fringe.
- While the essay gives a compartmentalization of suburb and some proposals on the promotion of Recreational Belt around Metropolis.
- But there's more flowing in this Midwestern metropolis than just suds.
- This is a mere trifle compared to the average 500,000 price of buying a flat in our metropolis. The Sun