"métropole" meaning in French

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      "expansion": "Latin mētropolis",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin mētropolis.",
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    {
      "form": "métropoles",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "metropolis"
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          "metropolis",
          "metropolis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A major city other than a capital, particularly if it is more populous than the capital."
      ],
      "id": "en-métropole-fr-noun-C~GcqNiD",
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          "populous",
          "populous"
        ]
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        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Motherland, mother country in contrast to its colonies."
      ],
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        "countable",
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        "uncountable"
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      "glosses": [
        "Continental France, not including its various oversea territories"
      ],
      "id": "en-métropole-fr-noun-B5lmN03z",
      "links": [
        [
          "France",
          "France"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Europe, only with definite article) Continental France, not including its various oversea territories"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "France métropolitaine"
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        "countable",
        "feminine",
        "uncountable",
        "with-definite-article"
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    {
      "ipa": "/me.tʁɔ.pɔl/"
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin mētropolis.",
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      "form": "métropoles",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "countable",
        "feminine",
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    },
    {
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        "A major city other than a capital, particularly if it is more populous than the capital."
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/me.tʁɔ.pɔl/"
    }
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    {
      "word": "métropolis"
    }
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}