Metropolis
English Meaning
The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.
- A major city, especially the chief city of a country or region: Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest.
- A city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity: a great cultural metropolis.
- Ecclesiastical The chief see of a metropolitan bishop.
- The mother city or country of an overseas colony, especially in ancient Greece.