metropolis
noun
1 metropolis
A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.
synonyms: city, urban center.
Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance†, tabernacle, throne, ark. home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall†; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana†; household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile; native soil, native land. habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche. nest, nidus, snuggery†; arbor, bower, etc. 191; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry†, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah†. bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation†; barrack, casemate†, casern†. tent etc. (covering) 223; building etc. (construction) 161; chamber etc. (receptacle) 191; xenodochium†. tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft†. cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen etc. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn†; kennel, sty, doghold†, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary†, columbarium; shippen†; igloo, iglu†, jacal†; lacustrine dwelling†, lacuslake dwelling†, lacuspile dwelling†; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek†. house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple etc. 1000. hamlet, village, thorp†, dorp†, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto. street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews. square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza. anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor. quarter, parish etc. (region) 181. assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow†, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen†; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet†, posada†; almshouse†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]. garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance†, demesne. [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo. ... show more
is a specific kind of: municipality.
is a broader term that covers: national capital | provincial capital | state capital.
instances of which are: Nicaea | Colossae | Herat | Kandahar, Qandahar | Mazar-i-Sharif | Durazzo, Durres | Annaba | Blida | Oran | Constantine | Huambo, Nova Lisboa | Lobito | Hamilton | Bahia Blanca | Cordoba, Cordova | Moron | Rosario | Vicente Lopez | Dobrich, Tolbukhin | Philippopolis, Plovdiv | Varna | Mandalay | Mawlamyine, Moulmein | Douala | Kandy | Antofagasta | Concepcion | Punta Arenas | Temuco | Valparaiso | Vina del Mar | Chongqing, Chungking | Canton, Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow | Lanchou, Lanchow, Lanzhou | Dairen, Dalian, Talien | Loyang, Luoyang | Lushun, Port Arthur | Hangchow, Hangzhou | Nan-chang, Nanchang | Nan-ning, Nanning | Nanjing, Nanking | Shanghai | Fengtien, Moukden, Mukden, Shenyang | Taiyuan | Tangshan | T'ien-ching, Tianjin, Tientsin | Wuhan | Changan, Hsian, Sian, Singan, Xian | Hohhot | Taichung | Hong Kong | Barranquilla | Cali | Medellin | Cartagena | Soledad | Goma | Kananga, Luluabourg | Elisabethville, Lubumbashi | Abidjan | San Pedro Sula | Santa Ana | Aspinwall, Colon | 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 | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza | San Luis Potosi | Tepic | Tampico | Torreon | Tijuana | Tuxtla Gutierrez | Veracruz | Villa Hermosa, Villahermosa | Santiago, Santiago de Cuba | Guantanamo | Santiago, Santiago de los Caballeros | San Juan | Montego Bay | Brno, Brunn | Ostrava | Cotonou | Aarhus, Arhus | Aalborg, Alborg | Bergen | Stavanger | Nidaros, Trondheim | Malmo | Lund | Goeteborg, Goteborg, Gothenburg | Uppsala, Upsala | Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle, Aken | Bremen | Bremerhaven | Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt | Dortmund | Dresden | Leipzig | Solingen | Weimar | Bonn | Cologne, Koln | Braunschweig, Brunswick | Dusseldorf | Essen | Frankfort, Frankfurt, Frankfurt on 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| Memphis | Abilene | Amarillo | Arlington | Beaumont | Brownsville | Corpus Christi | Dallas | El Paso | Fort Worth | Garland | Houston | Laredo | Lubbock | Odessa | Plano | San Antonio | Waco | Wichita Falls | Provo | Burlington | Newport News | Norfolk | Lynchburg | Portsmouth | Roanoke | Virginia Beach | Seattle | Spokane | Tacoma | Beckley | Clarksburg | Huntington | Morgantown | Parkersburg | Wheeling | Green Bay | Milwaukee | Racine | Casper | Citta del Vaticano, Vatican City | Ciudad Bolivar | Cumana | Maracaibo | Maracay | Valencia | Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon | Haiphong | Aden | Al-Hudaydah, Hodeida | Al-Mukalla, Mukalla | Bulawayo ... show more.
has as a part: concrete jungle | central city, city center, city centre | financial center | civic center, down town, municipal center | inner city | medical center.
derivation: citify | metropolitan.
Dutch: moederstad, stad
Polish: miasto, gród
2 metropolis
People living in a large densely populated municipality.
synonym: city.
is a specific kind of: municipality.
derivation: citify.
Moby thesaurus: Kreis, Stadt, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, art center, bailiwick, banlieue, bishopric, boom town, borough, bourg, burg, burgh, canton, capital, capital city, city, commune, congressional district, constablewick, conurbation, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, exurb, exurbia, faubourg, garment center, ghost town, government, greater city, hamlet, hundred, magistracy, manufacturing center, market town, medical center, megalopolis, metropolitan area, municipality, oblast, okrug, outskirts, parish, polis, precinct, principality, province, railroad center, region, riding, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shipping center, shire, shopping center, shrievalty, soke, spread city, stake, state, suburb, suburbia, territory, tourist center, town, township, trade center, urban center, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs, village, ville, wapentake, ward ... show more.
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