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metropolis |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metropolis \Me*trop"o*lis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr ?, prop., the mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See {Mother}, and {Police}.] 1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. --Tennyson. 2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [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 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 THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: METROPOLIS, n. A stronghold of provincialism.
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