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Definition of: metropolis
(mə·trop′ə·lis) noun
1. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state or country.
2. The seat of a metropolitan bishop.
3. In ancient Greece, the mother city of a colony. [<Gk. mētropolis city <mētēr mother + polis city]
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