See metropolis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Coordinate term: capital city"
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"ref": "1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rural Life in England:",
"text": "An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting.",
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{
"ref": "1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:",
"text": "[I]t would not be very much less absurd for someone to write about New York City after having spent only a few years or a few decades in this metropolis of inexhaustible adventure, of terrifying emotional fecundity, of uncapturable character.",
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{
"ref": "1983, “Sleeper in Metropolis”, in Changing Places, performed by Anne Clark:",
"text": "Love is dead in metropolis / All contact through glove or partition",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "2008, “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros”, performed by Flight of the Conchords:",
"text": "They call me the Hiphopopotamus / Flows that glow like phosphorous / Popping off the top of this esophagus / Rocking this metropolis",
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"roman": "mjehapólis",
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"roman": "megapólis",
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"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "大都會"
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{
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{
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"word": "velkoměsto"
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"word": "suurkaupunki"
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"word": "Weltstadt"
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"word": "מֶטְרוֹפּוֹלִין"
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"word": "대도시"
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{
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"roman": "meteuropolliseu",
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"word": "메트로폴리스"
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"ref": "1983, “Sleeper in Metropolis”, in Changing Places, performed by Anne Clark:",
"text": "Love is dead in metropolis / All contact through glove or partition",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008, “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros”, performed by Flight of the Conchords:",
"text": "They call me the Hiphopopotamus / Flows that glow like phosphorous / Popping off the top of this esophagus / Rocking this metropolis",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops."
],
"links": [
[
"see",
"see"
],
[
"metropolitan bishop",
"metropolitan bishop"
],
[
"suffragan",
"suffragan"
]
],
"qualifier": "Orthodox Christianity",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "archbishopric"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Ecology"
],
"glosses": [
"A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals."
],
"links": [
[
"ecology",
"ecology"
],
[
"generic",
"generic"
],
[
"focus",
"focus"
],
[
"distribution",
"distribution"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"ecology",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪˈtɹɒ.pə.lɪs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/məˈtɹɑ.pə.lɪs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/məˈtɹɑ.pə.ləs/",
"note": "weak vowel merger"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-metropolis.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/En-us-metropolis.ogg/En-us-metropolis.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/En-us-metropolis.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒpəlɪs"
}
],
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥāḍira",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حَاضِرَة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mjetrapólija",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метрапо́лія"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "metrapólija",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мэтрапо́лiя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "metropólija",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метропо́лия"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metròpolis"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metròpoli"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "moderby"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropolis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metropool"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "moederstad"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropolo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropolis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "emämaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "métropole"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "meṭroṗolia",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "მეტროპოლია"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mitrópoli",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μητρόπολη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropolisz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "anyaország"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ceannchathair"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "miətokrong",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "មាតុក្រុង"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tiikrongmei",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "ទីក្រុងមេ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropolis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropole"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "metropola",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метропола"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropolia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metrópole"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropolă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stolíca",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "столи́ца"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metropólija",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метропо́лия"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "метро̀пола"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "metròpola"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropoli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metropólija",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метропо́лія"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "colony’s mother city",
"word": "metropoel"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mjehapólis",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мегапо́ліс"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "metrópolis",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "метро́полис"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "megapólis",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мегапо́лис"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metròpolis"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metròpoli"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "大都會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàdūhuì",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "大都会"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàchéngshì",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "大城市"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dūshì",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "都市"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàdūshì",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "大都市"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "velkoměsto"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "storby"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metropool"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "grootstad"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "wereldstad"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "urbego"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "suurlinn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "metropoli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "suurkaupunki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "métropole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Metropole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Weltstadt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mitrópoli",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μητρόπολη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "metropolín",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מֶטְרוֹפּוֹלִין"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "metropolisz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "nagyváros"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stórborg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ceannchathair"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metropoli"
},
{
"alt": "だいとし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daitoshi",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "大都市"
},
{
"alt": "だいとかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daitokai",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "大都会"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "metoroporisu",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "メトロポリス"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tiikrongmei",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "ទីក្រុងមេ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "miətokrong",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "មាតុក្រុង"
},
{
"alt": "大都市",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daedosi",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "대도시"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "meteuropolliseu",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "메트로폴리스"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropole"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "metropola",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метропола"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "velegrad",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "велеград"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "metropol",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "متروپل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kalânšahr",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "کلانشهر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropolia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metrópole"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropolă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "megapólis",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мегапо́лис"
},
{
"alt": "делово́й, культу́рный",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "centr",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"usually"
],
"word": "центр"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metropólija",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "метропо́лия"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ве̏легра̄д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "метро̀полис"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "метро̀пола"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vȅlegrād"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "metròpolis"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "metròpola"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "veľkomesto"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metropola"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "urbe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "metrópolis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "storstad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "daklunsod"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "metropol"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mehapólis",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мегапо́ліс"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metrópolis",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "метро́поліс"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "large, busy city",
"word": "siêu đô thị"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops",
"word": "metropoliittakunta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mitropólija",
"sense": "see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "митропо́лия"
}
],
"word": "metropolis"
}
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