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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈtɾɔ.pu.lɨ/

Noun

metrópole f (plural metrópoles)

1. 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.