different between metropolis vs ecumenopolis

English

Etymology

First attested in Middle English: from Late Latin m?tropolis, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (m?trópolis, “mother city”), from ????? (m?t?r, “mother”) + ????? (pólis, “city (state)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??t??p?l?s/

Noun

metropolis (plural metropolises or metropoleis or metropolizes)

1. (historical, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

   Synonyms: mother city, metropole
2. A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.

   Coordinate term: capital city
3. (canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

   Synonym: archbishopric

4. (ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

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• simple root

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin m?tropolis, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (m?trópolis, “mother city”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: me?tro?po?lis

Noun

metropolis f (plural metropolissen, diminutive metropolisje n)

1. metropolis

Synonyms

• metropool

Related terms

• metropoliet
• metropolitaans

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (m?trópolis, “a mother city or state”), from ?????- (m?tro-, “mother-”) + ????? (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me??tro.po.lis/, [me??t???p?l?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me?tro.po.lis/, [m??t????p?lis]

Noun

m?tropolis f (genitive m?tropolis or m?tropole?s or m?tropolios); third declension

1. metropolis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.The accusative singular m?tropolem and the ablative singular m?tropole occur in Medieval and New Latin.

Derived terms

• m?tropol?t?nus

Related terms

• M?tropolis

Descendants

• Catalan: metròpoli
• French: métropole
• Italian: metropoli
• Piedmontese: metròpol
• Portuguese: metrópole
• Spanish: metrópoli
• English: metropolis, metropole
• German: Metropolis

See also

• m?ter

References

• metropolis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metropolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 974
• metropolis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• metropolis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• metropolis in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• metropolis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  colonia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

metròpolis m (Cyrillic spelling ???????????)

1. A metropolis

Declension

Spanish

Noun

metropolis

1. plural of metropoli

English

Etymology

ecumenic (“universal”) +? -polis (“city”).From use as a common noun of Ecumenopolis, applying the concept to diverse scenarios.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?'kyo?om?n??p?l?s, IPA^(key): /??kju?m??n?p?l?s/

Homophone: Ecumenopolis

Noun

ecumenopolis (plural ecumenopolises or ecumenopoleis or ecumenopoli)

1. (chiefly science fiction) A city spanning an entire planet.

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