metropolis
metrópoli
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
metrópoli,
el centro de negocios,
capital
example
Shanghai's amazing economic growth is promoting the city into a 'metropolis' .
Ironically, the network which leads the girl away from her little village to the 'metropolis' does not figure anywhere.
This has the look of an inner London borough on a bright Saturday, a feeling of a village within a huge 'metropolis' .
The larger the 'metropolis' grows, the less coherent its image becomes.
The city formerly known as Saigon is a sprawling, bustling 'metropolis' in the south of Vietnam.
It had grown from a cluster of stone buildings to a high-tech 'metropolis' reaching kilometers in the air.
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.
Located far away from the hustle and bustle of a 'metropolis' , the choice of venue was well and truly acknowledged by all concerned.
The trio crashed through the dangling remains, now in the rough suburbs of the 'metropolis' .
Vancouver is a rare city - a 'metropolis' that pretty much has it all, yet avoids being bland, boring or smug.
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' .
A miniature village at the bottom of a Gorse Hill garden is fast evolving into a sprawling '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 may be that what happens in half a dozen great conurbations mirrors life in the 'metropolis' .
She was to buy a train ticket to Lanzhou, a polluted industrial 'metropolis' in northern China with a large addict population.
Here the small town atmosphere is intermixed with the comforts of a 'metropolis' .
I had expected to escape the bustle of the 'metropolis' and soak in the undisturbed beauty of nature.
At one end it bleeds into the 'metropolis' of Kansas City and at the other is farmland and small towns.
The child's cry of concern went on unheard, a faint whisper amidst the busy streets of a crowded 'metropolis' .
he preferred the peaceful life of the countryside to the bustle of the 'metropolis'
The water supply and underground water systems in Taipei are outdated for the modern 'metropolis' that is the nation's capital.
by the late eighteenth century Edo had grown to a 'metropolis' with a population of nearly one million
It was closed off when communist rule was imposed in 1949 but is now regaining its reputation as a cosmopolitan 'metropolis' .
A capitalist centre or 'metropolis' with a number of colonies or areas of interests was thus the norm.
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.
As major 'metropolises' and sites of colonial contestation, all five cities, including Paris, share similarly complex histories.
Some of these artists choose to live in major 'metropolises' , especially Los Angeles and New York City, but others are widely dispersed.
The city edged out the other 49 'metropolises' we surveyed because it's so easy to stay fit, eat healthy, and access natural therapies there.
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