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An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-der. Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos)der. English cosmo- Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor. Latin -polislbor. English -polis English cosmopolis From cosmo- + -polis.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
kosmopolis
— An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.
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Greek:
κοσμόπολη
(kosmópoli)
— An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.
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Malay:
kosmopolis
— An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.
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Portuguese:
cosmópolis
— An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.
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Portuguese:
cosmópole
— An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.
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Spanish:
cosmópolis
— An important city, such as a capital city, inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds.