metropolis

n. main city, important city; capital city; mother city

This article is about the term. For other uses, please see Metropolis (disambiguation).For the hometown of DC Comics's Superman, see Metropolis (comics). A metropolis (in Greek μήτηρ, mētēr meaning mother and πόλις, pólis meaning city/town) is a big city, in most cases with over half a million inhabitants in the city proper, and with a population of at least one million living in its urban agglomeration. Big cities belonging to a larger urban agglomeration, but which are not the core of that agglomeration, are not generally considered a metropolis but a part of it. A metropolis is usually a significant economical, political and cultural center for some country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections and communications. The plural of the word is most commonly metropolises, though metropoleis is sometimes used as well.
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Noun
1. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"
(synonym) city, urban center
(hypernym) municipality
(hyponym) Dunkirk, Dunkerque
(part-meronym) concrete jungle
2. people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
(synonym) city
(hypernym) municipality

n. metropolis, main city, important city; capital city; mother city

n. metropolis, parent state