Metropolis

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metropolis \Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
     mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See
     {Mother}, and {Police}.]
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     1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or
        country.


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              [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
        church dignitary.
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              The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
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     3. Any large city.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metropolis
       n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
            several independent administrative districts; "Ancient
            Troy was a great city" [syn: {city}, {urban center}]
       2: people living in a large densely populated municipality;
          "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: {city}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "metropolis":
     Kreis, Stadt, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement,
     art center, bailiwick, banlieue, bishopric, boom town, borough,
     bourg, burg, burgh, canton, capital, capital city, city, commune,
     congressional district, constablewick, conurbation, county,
     departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district,
     electorate, exurb, exurbia, faubourg, garment center, ghost town,
     government, greater city, hamlet, hundred, magistracy,
     manufacturing center, market town, medical center, megalopolis,
     metropolitan area, municipality, oblast, okrug, outskirts, parish,
     polis, precinct, principality, province, railroad center, region,
     riding, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shipping center, shire,
     shopping center, shrievalty, soke, spread city, stake, state,
     suburb, suburbia, territory, tourist center, town, township,
     trade center, urban center, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs,
     village, ville, wapentake, ward
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  METROPOLIS, n.  A stronghold of provincialism.
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Metropolis, IL (city, FIPS 48645)
    Location: 37.15219 N, 88.71196 W
    Population (1990): 6734 (3137 housing units)
    Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62960

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Metropolis, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
     Population (2000):    6482
     Housing Units (2000): 3265
     Land area (2000):     5.005127 sq. miles (12.963220 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.063759 sq. miles (0.165134 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    5.068886 sq. miles (13.128354 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            48645
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             37.153332 N, 88.725374 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     62960
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Metropolis, IL
      Metropolis