metrópole
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editmetrópole f (plural metrópoles)
- metropolis
- (historical) mother country of a colony
- a populous and busy city
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:metrópole.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “metrópole”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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