metropolis

A large, busy city that is important to the surrounding area or the country.

• She lives in a busy metropolis.
• The village grew into a modern metropolis.
• These huge metropolises attract workers from across the country.

Similar words: major city, big city

Common phrases: bustling metropolis, modern metropolis, major metropolis

An ancient city whose people founded a colony elsewhere.

• Corinth was the colony's metropolis.
• Settlers maintained ties with their metropolis.
• The colony sent gifts to the temples of its metropolis.

Similar words: mother city, founding city

Common phrases: greek metropolis, founding metropolis, colony and metropolis

The city or church district of a senior bishop who oversees other bishops in the area.

• The city became an ecclesiastical metropolis.
• Several smaller dioceses came under the metropolis.
• The cathedral stood at the center of the metropolis.

Similar words: metropolitan see

Common phrases: ecclesiastical metropolis, ancient metropolis, bishop's metropolis

An area where a particular group of related plants or animals is especially concentrated.

• This region is the genus's metropolis.
• Botanists identified the mountains as a metropolis for these plants.
• The study mapped several metropolises of related animal groups.

How to use it: metropolis of a genus (The valley is the metropolis of this genus.)

Similar words: center of distribution

Common phrases: metropolis of something, botanical metropolis