metropoli
/mətɹˈɑpəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
plural of metropolis
Example Sentences
- "The three metropoli of Japan represented by beautiful women. On the left, the Plum of Naniwa for Osaka; in the center, the Moon of Musashi for Edo; and on the right, the Cherry of Kokono for Kyoto."
- "[…]; the great difficulties and high costs involved in introducing reliable sample studies of Jews, particularly because of their heavy concentration in the three metropoli — New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, which together account for about 40 percent of the total Jewish population in the United States."
- "Although there has been some filling out of the urban hierarchy in the last 30 years and some diminution in the dominance of Metro Manila, the latter has 10 million inhabitants, which along with the 1.8 million residing in Metro Cebu and 1.7 million in Metro Davao, means that the country’s three metropoli contain one-quarter of the urban population between them."