"metropoli" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} metropoli
  1. plural of metropolis Tags: form-of, plural Form of: metropolis
    Sense id: en-metropoli-en-noun-iNZVDG-F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English miscellaneous irregular plurals

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          "ref": "1921, The Notable Collection of Rare and Valuable Japanese Color Prints, the Property of Carl Schraubstadter",
          "text": "The three metropoli of Japan represented by beautiful women. On the left, the Plum of Naniwa for Osaka; in the center, the Moon of Musashi for Edo; and on the right, the Cherry of Kokono for Kyoto.",
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          "ref": "1989, Eli Ginzberg, My Brother’s Keeper, Transaction Publishers, →LCCN, page 163",
          "text": "[…]; the great difficulties and high costs involved in introducing reliable sample studies of Jews, particularly because of their heavy concentration in the three metropoli — New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, which together account for about 40 percent of the total Jewish population in the United States.",
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          "ref": "2007, Sylvia Chant, Gender, Generation and Poverty: Exploring the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Edward Elgar Publishing, page 206",
          "text": "Although there has been some filling out of the urban hierarchy in the last 30 years and some diminution in the dominance of Metro Manila, the latter has 10 million inhabitants, which along with the 1.8 million residing in Metro Cebu and 1.7 million in Metro Davao, means that the country’s three metropoli contain one-quarter of the urban population between them.",
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