Metropolis

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

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

   “Holonym: metropolitan area”

3. isim The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
4. isim A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
5. özel isim A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.
6. özel isim A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
7. özel isim A classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).
8. özel isim A fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Superman franchise, published by DC Comics.

   “My city need a hero, so I treat it like Metropolis / And it's a few bad Lois Lanes I can't name”

9. özel isim Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States.
10. özel isim Nickname for London: the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London.

    “The journey from our town to the metropolis, was a journey of about five hours.”