metropolis
/məˈtɹɑp.ə.lɪs/ nom C1En français : métropole
- The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
- A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas. · Holonym: metropolitan area
- The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
- A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
Pluriel metropolises
Dans la bibliothèque
So alarming did the state of my finances become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country, or that I must make a complete alteration in my style of living.
Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing which they have to communicate.
All these considerations led me to the irresistible conclusion that Jefferson Hope was to be found among the jarveys of the Metropolis.
The deceased was an American gentleman who had been residing for some weeks in the Metropolis.
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