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A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
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A classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).
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name
A fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Superman franchise, published by DC Comics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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name
Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States.
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name
Nickname for London: the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, dated
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noun
The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially Ancient Greece
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: mother city, metropole
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noun
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: metropolitan city
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noun
The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Orthodox Christianity
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Synonyms: archbishopric
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noun
A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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noun
people living in a large densely populated municipality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: city
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Broader terms: municipality
noun
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: city, urban center
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Broader terms: municipality
Narrower terms: national capital, provincial capital, state capital, Nicaea, Colossae, Herat, Kandahar, Qandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif, Durres, Durazzo, Annaba, Blida, Oran, Constantine, Huambo, Nova Lisboa, Lobito, Hamilton, Bahia Blanca, Cordoba, Cordova, Moron, Rosario, Vicente Lopez, Dobrich, Tolbukhin, Plovdiv, Philippopolis, Varna, Mandalay, Moulmein, Mawlamyine, Douala, Kandy, Antofagasta, Concepcion, Punta Arenas, Temuco, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Chongqing, Chungking, Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton, Lanzhou, Lanchou, Lanchow, Dalian, Talien, Dairen, Luoyang, Loyang, Lushun, Port Arthur, Hangzhou, Hangchow, Nanchang, Nan-chang, Nanning, Nan-ning, Nanjing, Nanking, Shanghai, Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching, Wuhan, Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian, Hohhot, Taichung, Hong Kong, Barranquilla, Cali, Medellin, Cartagena, Soledad, Goma, Kananga, Luluabourg, Lubumbashi, Elisabethville, Abidjan, San Pedro Sula, Santa Ana, Colon, Aspinwall, Merida, Campeche, Cancun, Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, Juarez, Ciudad Victoria, Culiacan, Durango, Victoria de Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Leon, Matamoros, Mazatlan, Mexicali, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez, Orizaba, Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, San Luis Potosi, Tepic, Tampico, Torreon, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa, Villa Hermosa, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago, Guantanamo, Santiago de los Caballeros, San Juan, Montego Bay, Brno, Brunn, Ostrava, Cotonou, Arhus, Aarhus, Aalborg, Alborg, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim, Nidaros, Malmo, Lund, Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Upsala, Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Dortmund, Dresden, Leipzig, Solingen, Weimar, Bonn, Cologne, Koln, Braunschweig, Brunswick, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort, Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale, Hamburg, Hannover, Hanover, Lubeck, Mannheim, Munich, Muenchen, Nuremberg, Nurnberg, Potsdam, Rostock, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Wurzburg, Wuerzburg, Guayaquil, Espoo, Tampere, Tammerfors, Corinth, Korinthos, Argos, Delphi, Mycenae, Sparta, Ephesus, Patras, Patrai, Troy, Ilion, Ilium, Thebes, Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica, Nablus, Sodom, Gomorrah, Gomorrha, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yalo, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Hefa, Haifa, Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo, Samaria, Byzantium, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi, Bolzano, Brescia, Ferrara, Naples, Napoli, Messina, Bologna, Brindisi, Genoa, Genova, Cremona, La Spezia, Milan, Milano, Pisa, Syracuse, Siracusa, Turin, Torino, Bari, Palermo, Firenze, Florence, Trento, Trent, Padua, Padova, Patavium, Venice, Venezia, Verona, Brasov, Constantina, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik, Ragusa, Split, Banff, Calgary, Vancouver, Saint John, St. John, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Windsor, Montreal, Saskatoon, Graz, Linz, Lentia, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Chittagong, Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers, Bruges, City of 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Semarang, Samarang, Abadan, Bam, Mashhad, Meshed, Isfahan, Esfahan, Aspadana, Rasht, Resht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Urmia, Orumiyeh, Qum, Persepolis, Basra, Basia, Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela, Kirkuk, Mosul, Philippi, Edirne, Adrianople, Adrianopolis, Babylon, Ur, Assur, Asur, Ashur, Nineveh, Utica, Asahikawa, Nagano, Nagoya, Omiya, Osaka, Yokohama, Naha City, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Sapporo, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Toyohashi, Toyonaki, Toyota, Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba, Az Zarqa, Zarqa, Kisumu, Mombasa, Nakuru, Bordeaux, Brest, Cannes, Dijon, Grenoble, Le Havre, Lille, Lyon, Lyons, Marseille, Marseilles, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Orleans, Rheims, Reims, Strasbourg, Strassburg, Toulon, Toulouse, Tours, Versailles, Kumasi, Tamale, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, The Hague, 's Gravenhage, Den Haag, Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Leiden, Leyden, Utrecht, Thorshavn, Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo, Kwangju, Taegu, Tegu, Pusan, Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous, Sayda, Saida, Sidon, Sur, Tyre, Benghazi, Blantyre, Zomba, Kuala Lumpur, Timbuktu, Casablanca, Fez, Fes, Marrakesh, Marrakech, Oujda, Tangier, Tangiers, Beira, Auckland, Christchurch, Ibadan, Katsina, Lagos, Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri, Zaria, Faisalabad, Lyallpur, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Arequipa, Caloocan, Cebu, Cebu City, Quezon City, Bydgoszcz, Bromberg, Cracow, Krakow, Krakau, Czestochowa, Gdansk, Danzig, Katowice, Lodz, Lublin, Wroclaw, Breslau, Zabrze, Braga, Porto, Oporto, Setubal, Papeete, Medina, Al Madinah, Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda, Tabuk, Taif, Hargeisa, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Durban, Bloemfontein, Soweto, Astrakhan, Cherepovets, Grozny, Groznyy, Kaluga, Khabarovsk, Kursk, Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg, Murmansk, Nalchik, Novgorod, Perm, Molotov, Rostov, Rostov on Don, Rostov na Donu, Saratov, Smolensk, Ufa, Volgograd, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Vladivostok, Homyel, Homel, Gomel, Pinsk, Tartu, Liepaja, Daugavpils, Klaipeda, Memel, Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno, Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino, Chernobyl, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav, Kharkov, Kharkiv, Odessa, Odesa, Sebastopol, Sevastopol, Yalta, Almaty, Alma-Ata, Samarkand, Samarcand, Barcelona, Cadiz, Granada, Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Logrono, Malaga, Oviedo, San Sebastian, Sevilla, Seville, Toledo, Zaragoza, Saragossa, Valencia, Nyala, Port Sudan, Omdurman, Basel, Basle, Bale, Geneva, Geneve, Genf, Lausanne, Zurich, Halab, Aleppo, Alep, Al Ladhiqiyah, Latakia, Dodoma, Mbeya, Mwanza, Tabora, Tanga, Ariana, Ehadhamen, Gafsa, Sfax, Safaqis, Sousse, Susa, Susah, Adana, Seyhan, Antalya, Adalia, Halicarnassus, Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople, Bursa, Brusa, Izmir, Smyrna, Pergamum, Sardis, Jinja, Gulu, Dubai, Pittsburgh of the South, Huntsville, Mobile, Anchorage, Mesa, Tucson, Anaheim, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Chula Vista, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, City of the Angels, Oakland, Pasadena, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury, Wilmington, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Miami Beach, Orlando, St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, Tampa, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Chicago, Windy City, Decatur, Peoria, Rockford, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, South Bend, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Kansas City, Wichita, Lexington, Louisville, New Orleans, Shreveport, Portland, Baltimore, Springfield, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Motor City, Motown, Flint, Grand Rapids, Duluth, Minneapolis, Independence, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West, Billings, Omaha, Las Vegas, Reno, Atlantic City, Bayonne, Camden, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Albuquerque, Buffalo, New York, New York City, Greater New York, Binghamton, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Schenectady, Charlotte, Queen City, Durham, Greensboro, Greenville, Winston-Salem, Fargo, Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Youngstown, Tulsa, Eugene, Allentown, Erie, Chester, Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love, Pittsburgh, Scranton, Charleston, Sioux Falls, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Abilene, Amarillo, Arlington, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Plano, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls, Provo, Burlington, Newport News, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Virginia Beach, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Beckley, Clarksburg, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Racine, Casper, Vatican City, Citta del Vaticano, Ciudad Bolivar, Cumana, Maracaibo, Maracay, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Haiphong, Aden, Hodeida, Al-Hudaydah, Mukalla, Al-Mukalla, Bulawayo
History
See English metropolis.
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.
Across languages
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
