Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minimetropolis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: minimetropo-lis
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A relatively small metropolis.

Example Sentences

"He arrived here 58 years ago and helped transform a onetime cow town into a minimetropolis, a former agricultural college into a prominent university and a football program into a national power."

Etymology

From mini- + metropolis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mini

Inflected Forms

minimetropolises (plural)

Questions

What does minimetropolis mean?: A relatively small metropolis.
Where does minimetropolis come from?: From mini- + metropolis.

How to pronounce minimetropolis

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