metropoleis
/mɛˈtɹɒ.pə.leɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
plural of metropolis
Example Sentences
- "In the sense of chief cities of colonies, especially in ancient Greece:"
- "We have already mentioned that some colonies eventually became metropoleis."
- "The role which the metropoleis developed as administrative centres for their nomes had always been inherent in the Ptolomeic system but the evidence suggests that it was much enhanced under the Romans."
- "The larger metropoleis were sizeable communities: Hermopolis had perhaps as many as 40,000 inhabitants, Oxyrhynchos maybe around 25,000."
- "In the sense of any large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas:"
- "Like bees to their hives, increasing numbers of Americans swarm into metropoleis.²"