Metropolis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Metropolis	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Metropolis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metropolis n a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" Synonym(s): city, metropolis, urban center people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" Synonym(s): city, metropolis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metropolis \Metrop"olis\, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. [?], prop., the mother city (in relation to colonies); [?] mother + [?] city. See {Mother}, and {Police}.] 1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. --Tennyson. 2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Metropolis, IL (city, FIPS 48645) Location: 37.15219 N, 88.71196 W Population (1990): 6734 (3137 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62960