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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.
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  • Raymond Kelly in FOXNews
    In many ways, the city of Mumbai bears striking similarities to New York,Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told the audience at police headquarters. "It is the country's financial capital, a densely populated, multicultural metropolis and...
  • Eric Balfour in Canada.com
    When you're telling tales that deal with the supernatural, it's very easy in an urban metropolis to relegate them to some kind of logical explanation,says Eric Balfour, who stars as Haven's resident bad-boy Duke Crocker. "What makes small...
  • Don Garber in Seattle Times (blog)
    We are proud to welcome Montreal, the second largest French-speaking city in the world and a multicultural metropolis whose residents are deeply passionate about the world's game, to Major League Soccer,Commissioner Garber said. "Joey...

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