Metropolis
English edit
Etymology edit
See English metropolis.
Proper noun edit
Metropolis
- A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.
- A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
- A classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).
- (fiction) A fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman.
- 2012, “Higher”, in Detroit, performed by Big Sean:
- My city need a hero, so I treat it like Metropolis / And it's a few bad Lois Lanes I can't name
- Nickname for New York City.
Proper noun edit
the Metropolis
- (England, dated) London, United Kingdom.
- 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 1:
- The journey from our town to the metropolis, was a journey of about five hours.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Metropolis f (genitive Metropolis, plural Metropolen)
- metropolis
- a bishop's see
Usage notes edit
- Formerly declined like a Latin noun, with genitive singular Metropolis or sometimes Metropoleos, dative and ablative singular Metropoli, accusative singular Metropolim or Metropolin, nominative and accusative plural Metropoles, genitive plural Metropolium, dative and ablative plural Metropolibus.
Declension edit
Declension of Metropolis [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Metropolis | die | Metropolen |
genitive | einer | der | Metropolis | der | Metropolen |
dative | einer | der | Metropolis | den | Metropolen |
accusative | eine | die | Metropolis | die | Metropolen |
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Further reading edit
- “Metropolis” in Duden online