metropolis

metropolis · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμητρόπολις“mother city”
2. Late Latin · borrowed frommētropolis
3. English todaymetropolis

Borrowed from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”). By surface analysis, metro- + -polis. Doublet of metropole.

Metropolis · proper noun, proper noun²

See English metropolis.

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