English Dictionary

metropolis

IPA（発音記号）

/mɪˈtɹɒpəlɪs/

名詞

(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

日本語の意味

植民都市の母となる都市、すなわち、古代ギリシャにおける植民の原都市（母都市、宗主都市）

The metropolis sent colonists and magistrates to the new settlement, asserting its authority as the mother polis over the fledgling colony.

その母都市は新しい植民地に入植者と行政官を送り、成立間もない植民都市に対する支配権を主張した。

意味（1）

(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

Colonies certainly did not become clones of their metropolises, but it is equally false that their colonial heritages were not influenced by the organization of the metropolises.

意味（2）

A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.

Coordinate term: capital city

意味（3）

(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

意味（4）

(ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

metropolises （ plural ）

metropoleis （ plural ）

metropoles （ plural ）

metropolizes （ plural ）

metropoli （ plural ）

metropolisses （ obsolete plural ）

metropolis's （ obsolete plural ）