metrópole

See also: metropole, métropole, and Metropole

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtɾɔ.po.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtɾɔ.po.le/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈtɾɔ.pu.lɨ/

Noun

metrópole f (plural metrópoles)

metropolis
1. (historical) mother country of a colony
2. a populous and busy city

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:metrópole.

Related terms

metropolitano

Further reading

“metrópole” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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