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单词 cosmopolis
释义

cosmopolis

noun

cos·​mop·​o·​lis käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs How to pronounce cosmopolis (audio)
: a cosmopolitan city

Synonyms

  • asphalt jungle
  • burg
  • city
  • megacity
  • megalopolis
  • metropolis
  • municipality
  • town
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Example Sentences

a sprawling cosmopolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their fortune
Recent Examples on the Web On the Volga a quasi-capital rose at Sarai, established by Batu around 1250, and grew into a cosmopolis of artisans, farmers, and merchants from as far away as Syria, Egypt, even Greece—so many that a New Sarai was founded upriver. Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 For decades a symbol of all that was dead and dysfunctional in the ever-expanding cosmopolis, the river is undergoing its own rehabilitation, shedding some of its visible concrete. Alexandra Marshall, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2018

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, back-formation from cosmopolites

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

cosmopolis

noun

as in metropolis
a thickly settled, highly populated area a sprawling cosmopolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their fortune

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  • town
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  • burg
  • municipality
  • suburb
  • megacity
  • borough
  • asphalt jungle
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  • downtown
  • conurbation
  • midtown
  • urban sprawl
  • exurb
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  • garden city
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