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How to pronounce “metropolis”
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Pronunciation guide for metropolis
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of metropolis with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Superman
And the, I went to a very strange place, has anybody ever heard of a town called Metropolis?
- Definition summary
- (history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce metropolis
Superman
And the, I went to a very strange place, has anybody ever heard of a town called Metropolis?
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “metropolis”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
- A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
- (Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
- (ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
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