metropolis

About 2.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
2. noun A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
3. noun The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
4. noun A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

Similar words

city urban center mainland metropolitan metropole urban town cosmopolitan metro present

Often followed by

of and in is was to as with for

Word family

metropolises