- (n.) The seat or see, of the metropolitan or highest church dignitary.
- (n.) The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state or country.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "metropolis" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/metropolis/definitions/2032439> |