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Word: metropolis
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
- canon law The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
- history The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.
Source: Wiktionary
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