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metropolises

 
Noun metropolis has 2 senses
  1. city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"
    --1 is a kind of municipality
    --1 has parts:
     concrete jungle; city center, city centre, central city; financial center; civic center, municipal center, down town; inner city; medical center
    --1 has particulars:
     Dunkirk, Dunkerque; Nicaea; national capital; provincial capital; state capital; Colossae; Herat; Kandahar, Qandahar; Mazar-i-Sharif; Durres, Durazzo; Annaba; Blida; Oran; Constantine; Hamilton; Cordoba, Cordova; Plovdiv, Philippopolis; Mandalay; Douala; Kandy; Antofagasta; Concepcion; Punta Arenas; Temuco; Valparaiso; Vina del Mar; Chongqing, Chungking; Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton; Lanzhou, Lanchou, Lanchow; Luoyang, Loyang; Lushun, Port Arthur; Hangzhou, Hangchow; Nanchang, Nan-chang; Nanning, Nan-ning; Nanjing, Nanking; Shanghai; Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien; Taiyuan; Tangshan; Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching; Wuhan; Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian; Hohhot; Taichung; Hong Kong; Barranquilla; Cali; Medellin; Cartagena; Soledad; Goma; Kananga, Luluabourg; Lubumbashi, Elisabethville; Abidjan; San Pedro Sula; Santa Ana; Colon, Aspinwall; Merida; Campeche; Cancun; Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez; chihuahua; Ciudad Juarez, Juarez; Ciudad Victoria; Culiacan; Durango, Victoria de Durango; Guadalajara; Hermosillo; Leon; Matamoros; Mazatlan; Mexicali; Monterrey; Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez; Orizaba; Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza; San Luis Potosi; Tepic; Tampico; Torreon; Tijuana; Tuxtla Gutierrez; Veracruz; Villahermosa; Santiago de Cuba, Santiago; Guantanamo; Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago; San Juan; Montego Bay; Brno, Brunn; Ostrava; Cotonou; Arhus, Aarhus; Aalborg, Alborg; Bergen; Stavanger; Trondheim, Nidaros; Malmo; Lund; Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg; Uppsala, Upsala; Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle; Chemnitz, Karl-Marx Stadt; Dresden; Leipzig; Solingen; Weimar; Bonn; Cologne, Koln; Braunschweig, Brunswick; Dusseldorf; Essen; Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort; Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale; Hamburg; Hannover, Hanover; Lubeck; Mannheim; Munich, Muenchen; Nuremberg, Nurnberg; Rostock; Stuttgart; Wiesbaden; Wurzburg, Wuerzburg; Guayaquil; Espoo; Tampere, Tammerfors; Corinth, Korinthos; Argos; Delphi; Mycenae; Sparta; Ephesus; Patras, Patrai; Troy, Ilion, Ilium; Thebes; Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica; Sodom; Gomorrah, Gomorrha; Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Jaffa; Haifa; Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo; Byzantium; Pompeii; Herculaneum; Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi; Bolzano; Brescia; Naples, Napoli; Messina; Bologna; Brindisi; Genoa, Genova; Cremona; La Spezia; Milan, Milano; Pisa; Syracuse, Siracusa; Turin, Torino; Bari; Palermo; Firenze, Florence; Trento; Padua, Padova, Patavium; Venice, Venezia; Verona; Dubrovnik, Ragusa; Split; Banff; Calgary; Vancouver; Saint John, St. John; Hamilton; Sudbury; Thunder Bay; Windsor; Montreal; Saskatoon; Graz; Linz, Lentia; Salzburg; Innsbruck; Chittagong; Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers; Bruges, City of Bridges; Charleroi; Gent, Gand, Ghent; Liege, Luik; Namur; Santa Cruz; Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem; Belo Horizonte; Curitiba; Joao Pessoa; Governador Valadares; Limeira; Natal; Osasco; Rio de Janeiro, Rio; Recife, Pernambuco; Santos; Sao Bernardo do Campo; Sao Goncalo; Sao Joao de Meriti; Sao Jose dos Campos; Sao Louis; Sao Paulo; Lancaster; Manchester; Hull, Kingston-upon Hull; Liverpool; Birmingham, Brummagem; Oxford; Cambridge; Brighton; Bristol; Leeds; Leicester; Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Portsmouth, Pompey; Coventry; Gloucester; Reading; Sheffield; Winchester; Worcester; Cork; Galway; Limerick; Waterford; Aberdeen; Glasgow; Newport; Swansea; Alexandria, El Iskandriyah; Aswan, Assuan, Assouan; Giza, El Giza; Memphis; Luxor, El-Aksur; Thebes; Suez; Delhi, Old Delhi; Bangalore; Jabalpur, Jubbulpore; Kolkata, Calcutta; Mumbai, Bombay; Agra; Hyderabad; Chennai, Madras; Lucknow; Mysore; Salem; Bandung; Medan; Semarang, Samarang; Abadan; Mashhad, Meshed; Isfahan, Esfahan, Aspadana; Rasht, Resht; Shiraz; Tabriz; Qum; Persepolis; Basra, Basia; Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela; Kirkuk; Mosul; Philippi; Edirne, Adrianople, Adrianopolis; Babylon; Ur; Assur, Asur, Ashur; Nineveh; Utica; Asahikawa; Nagano; Nagoya; Omiya; Osaka; Yokohama; Naha City; Kyoto; Hiroshima; Sapporo; Kitakyushu; Fukuoka; Nagasaki; Aqaba, Akaba; Zarqa, Az Zarqa; Kisumu; Mombasa; Nakuru; Bordeaux; Brest; Cannes; Dijon; Grenoble; Le Havre; Lille; Lyon, Lyons; Marseille, Marseilles; Nancy; Nantes; Nice; Orleans; Rheims, Reims; Strasbourg, Strassburg; Toulouse; Versailles; Apeldoorn; Arnhem; The Hague, 's Gravenhage, Den Haag; Eindhoven; Nijmegen; Rotterdam; Leiden, Leyden; Utrecht; Thorshavn; Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo; Kwangju; Taegu, Tegu; Pusan; Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous; Saida, Sidon; Sur, Tyre; Benghazi; Blantyre; Zomba; Timbuktu; Casablanca; Fez, Fes; Marrakesh, Marrakech; Oujda; Tangier, Tangiers; Beira; Auckland; Christchurch; Ibadan; Katsina; Lagos; Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri; Zaria; Faisalabad, Lyallpur; Hyderabad; Karachi; Lahore; Peshawar; Rawalpindi; Arequipa; Cebu, Cebu City; Quezon City; Bydgoszcz, Bromberg; Cracow, Krakow, Krakau; Gdansk, Danzig; Lodz; Lublin; Wroclaw, Breslau; Braga; Porto, Oporto; Setubal; Papeete; Medina, Al Madinah; Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda; Tabuk; Taif; Hargeisa; Cape Town; Johannesburg; Kimberley; Durban; Bloemfontein; Soweto; Astrakhan; Cherepovets; Grozny, Groznyy; Kaluga; Khabarovsk; Kursk; Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy; Kazan; St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg; Murmansk; Nalchik; Novgorod; Perm, Molotov; Rostov, Rostov on Don, Rostov na Donu; Saratov; Smolensk; Ufa; Volgograd, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn; Novosibirsk; Chelyabinsk; Omsk; Vladivostok; Homyel, Homel, Gomel; Pinsk; Tartu; Liepaja; Daugavpils; Klaipeda, Memel; Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno; Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino; Chernobyl; Dneprodzerzhinsk; Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav; Kharkov, Kharkiv; Odessa, Odesa; Sebastopol, Sevastopol; Yalta; Almaty, Alma-Ata; Samarkand, Samarcand; Barcelona; Cadiz; Cartagena; Cordoba, Cordova; Granada; Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera; Leon; Malaga; Oviedo; San Sebastian; Sevilla, Seville; Toledo; Zaragoza, Saragossa; Valencia; Nyala; Port Sudan; Omdurman; Basel, Basle, Bale; Geneva, Geneve, Genf; Lausanne; Zurich; Aleppo, Alep; Tabora; Ariana; Ehadhamen; Gafsa; Sfax, Safaqis; Sousse, Susa, Susah; Adana, Seyhan; Antalya, Adalia; Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople; Bursa, Brusa; Izmir, Smyrna; Pergamum; Sardis; Jinja; Gulu; Dubai; Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South; Huntsville; Mobile; Anchorage; Mesa; Tucson; Anaheim; Bakersfield; Berkeley; Beverly Hills; Fresno; Long Beach; Los Angeles, City of the Angels; Oakland; Pasadena; Riverside; San Bernadino; San Diego; San Francisco; San Jose; Santa Ana; Santa Clara; Colorado Springs; Pueblo; Bridgeport; New Haven; Waterbury; Wilmington; Fort Lauderdale; Jacksonville; Miami; Miami Beach; Orlando; St. Augustine, Saint Augustine; St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg; Tampa; Augusta; Columbus; Macon; Savannah; Chicago, Windy City; Decatur; Peoria; Rockford; Evansville; Fort Wayne; Gary; South Bend; Davenport; Cedar Rapids; Sioux City; Kansas City; Wichita; Lexington; Louisville; New Orleans; Shreveport; Portland; Baltimore; Cambridge; Springfield; Worcester; Salem; Ann Arbor; Detroit, Motor City, Motown; Flint; Grand Rapids; Duluth; Minneapolis; Independence; Kansas City; Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West; Springfield; Billings; Omaha; Las Vegas; Reno; Manchester; Atlantic City; Bayonne; Camden; Jersey City; Newark; Paterson; Albuquerque; Buffalo; New York, New York City, Greater New York; Binghamton; Niagara Falls; Rochester; Schenectady; Syracuse; Utica; Charlotte, The Queen City; Durham; Greensboro; Winston-Salem; Fargo; Akron; Cleveland; Cincinnati; Dayton; Toledo; Youngstown; Tulsa; Eugene; Portland; Allentown; Erie; Chester; Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love; Pittsburgh; Scranton; Newport; Charleston; Sioux Falls; Chattanooga; Knoxville; Memphis; Abilene; Amarillo; Arlington; Beaumont; Brownsville; Corpus Christi; Dallas; El Paso; Fort Worth; Garland; Houston; Laredo; Lubbock; Odessa; Plano; San Antonio; Waco; Wichita Falls; Provo; Burlington; Newport News; Norfolk; Lynchburg; Portsmouth; Roanoke; Virginia Beach; Seattle; Spokane; Tacoma; Beckley; Clarksburg; Huntington; Morgantown; Parkersburg; Wheeling; Green Bay; Milwaukee; Racine; Casper; Vatican City, Citta del Vaticano; Cuidad Bolivar; Cumana; Maracaibo; Maracay; Valencia; Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon; Haiphong; Aden; Hodeida, Al-Hudaydah; Mukalla, Al-Mukalla; Bulawayo
  2. city, metropolis - people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
    --2 is a kind of municipality
metronome metronome marking metronomic metronym metronymic metroplis metropolis metropolis metropolises metropolitan metropolitan area metropolitan statistical area metropolitans metropolitian metropolition metroptosis metrorrhagia

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