Metropolis

·noun The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.

II. Metropolis ·noun The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.

Metropolis
METRO´POLIS(Μητρόπολις: Eth. Μητροπολίτης.) 1. A town in the Caystrian plain in...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
metropolis
mētrŏpŏlis, is, f., = μητρόπολις, a city from which other cities have been colonized, a mother-city;...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Metropolis
Mētrŏpŏlis, is, f., = Μητρόπολις, the proper name of several cities , e. g. in Thessaly, between Ph...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.