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单词 metropolis
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metropolis

noun
/məˈtrɒpəlɪs/
/məˈtrɑːpəlɪs/
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  1. a large, important city (often the capital city of a country or region)
    • Barcelona has all the amenities you would expect to find in a great metropolis.
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the see of a metropolitan bishop): via late Latin from Greek mētropolis ‘mother state’, from mētēr, mētr- ‘mother’ + polis ‘city’.
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