noun🔗Share(history) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony."Athens was the metropolis from which many Greek colonies sprang. "historygeographystatearchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas."New York City is a bustling metropolis, with millions of people working and living there. "areageographyplacebuildingsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops."The Archbishop of Canterbury is the metropolitan archbishop, overseeing all the suffragan bishops in his province. "religiontheologylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals."The Amazon rainforest acts as a metropolis for an incredible variety of insects, concentrating a diversity of species found nowhere else. "biologyenvironmentgeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
