me‧trop‧o‧lis /məˈtrɒpələs, mɪˈtrɒpələs $ -ˈtrɑː-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: Greek, from meter 'mother' + polis 'city']
a very large city that is the most important city in a country or area:
The city has become a huge, bustling metropolis.

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city a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a town:
The nearest big city is San Francisco.
town a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a city:
La Coruña is a pretty seaside town.
capital (also capital city) the city where the government of a country or state is:
We travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
metropolis a big busy city that is full of people and activity:
After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.
urban adjective [only before noun] relating to towns and cities:
Air pollution is particularly bad in urban areas.
urban development
the outskirts the area around the edge of a city or just outside it:
Disneyland is on the outskirts of Paris.
suburb an area around the edges of a city, where many people live:
He lives in a suburb of London.
⇒ the suburbs:
More and more people are moving to the suburbs.

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