metropolis
都会
definition
noun
Lagado is the capital metropolis of Balnibari, the continent of the land of Laputa.
the capital or chief city of a country or region.
translation of 'metropolis'
noun
都会,
大城市,
大都会,
都,
都市
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Located far away from the hustle and bustle of a 'metropolis' , the choice of venue was well and truly acknowledged by all concerned.
he preferred the peaceful life of the countryside to the bustle of the 'metropolis'
The modern 'metropolis' of Shanghai was once a small village facing the East China Sea.
Four thousand years ago Kerma, the capital of the kingdom of Kush, was a massive 'metropolis' , the first in sub-Saharan Africa.
A capitalist centre or 'metropolis' with a number of colonies or areas of interests was thus the norm.
Shanghai's amazing economic growth is promoting the city into a 'metropolis' .
It was closed off when communist rule was imposed in 1949 but is now regaining its reputation as a cosmopolitan 'metropolis' .
This has the look of an inner London borough on a bright Saturday, a feeling of a village within a huge 'metropolis' .
She was to buy a train ticket to Lanzhou, a polluted industrial 'metropolis' in northern China with a large addict population.
They could have knock that sort of split but there does not seem to be one voice in favour of two county teams from the 'metropolis' .
It was a rather dreary day outside, which really wasn't unusual in the busy 'metropolis' of San Francisco.
Lagado is the capital 'metropolis' of Balnibari, the continent of the land of Laputa.
It had grown from a cluster of stone buildings to a high-tech 'metropolis' reaching kilometers in the air.
The city formerly known as Saigon is a sprawling, bustling 'metropolis' in the south of Vietnam.
A miniature village at the bottom of a Gorse Hill garden is fast evolving into a sprawling 'metropolis' .
I had expected to escape the bustle of the 'metropolis' and soak in the undisturbed beauty of nature.
The child's cry of concern went on unheard, a faint whisper amidst the busy streets of a crowded 'metropolis' .
At one end it bleeds into the 'metropolis' of Kansas City and at the other is farmland and small towns.
The trio crashed through the dangling remains, now in the rough suburbs of the 'metropolis' .
Here the small town atmosphere is intermixed with the comforts of a 'metropolis' .
Ironically, the network which leads the girl away from her little village to the 'metropolis' does not figure anywhere.
The larger the 'metropolis' grows, the less coherent its image becomes.
by the late eighteenth century Edo had grown to a 'metropolis' with a population of nearly one million
Vancouver is a rare city - a 'metropolis' that pretty much has it all, yet avoids being bland, boring or smug.
The water supply and underground water systems in Taipei are outdated for the modern 'metropolis' that is the nation's capital.
It may be that what happens in half a dozen great conurbations mirrors life in the 'metropolis' .
As major 'metropolises' and sites of colonial contestation, all five cities, including Paris, share similarly complex histories.
Currently, 28 per cent of our population is urban, residing in 23 'metropolises' with a population of more than one million each, and five mega cities with a population of more than five million each.
Some of these artists choose to live in major 'metropolises' , especially Los Angeles and New York City, but others are widely dispersed.
He said that in other 'metropolises' such as Tokyo, people living in suburban areas were still considered to be Tokyo residents.
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