metropolis
muh tro puh luhs
- n a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- n people living in a large densely populated municipality
- metropolis of dreams is kuala lumpur getting too crowded? no problem.
- It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace.
- Photographer Kadir van Lohuizen photographs the city's transformation into a modern metropolis in anticipation of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.