metropolisnoun [ C ]
uk/məˈtrɒp.əl.ɪs/us/məˈtrɑː.pəl.ɪs/formala very large city, often the most important city in a large area or country:
Soon afterwards he left to begin his career in the metropolis.
a sprawling/bustling/modern metropolis
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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
- aerotropolis
- backwater
- bedroom community
- Cantabrigian
- capital
- conurbation
- county borough
- dormitory town
- ghost town
- Greater
- hill station
- hometown
- megacity
- metropolitan
- one-horse town
- port
- settlement
- small-town
- town
- urbanite
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