m 3 e 1 t 1 r 1 o 1 p 3 o 1 l 1 i 1 s 1
10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
noun people living in a large densely populated municipality
originBorrowed from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”). By surface analysis, metro- + -polis. Doublet of metropole.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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