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“metropolises”
1. Literally, "mother city".
2. A very large city, often the capital or chief urban center of a country, state, or region.
3. A chief center or seat of some form of activity.
4. In Greek history, the mother-city or parent-state of a colony; hence, occasionally applied to the parent-state of a modern colony.
2. A very large city, often the capital or chief urban center of a country, state, or region.
3. A chief center or seat of some form of activity.
4. In Greek history, the mother-city or parent-state of a colony; hence, occasionally applied to the parent-state of a modern colony.
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metro-, metr- +
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polis-, polit-, poli-
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