la métropole
/me.tʁɔ.pɔl/ noun · feminine B1- metropolis (mother polis of a colony)
- metropolis (a large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas)
- metropole (the parent-state of a colony)
- Continental France, not including its various oversea territories
Plural métropoles
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