意味(日本語)

首都の、主要都市の

語源

• poli- : Gk.polis = city(都市)

意味(英語)

• (adjective) Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city: crowded metropolitan streets; a metropolitan newspaper.
• (adjective) Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns: the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; a metropolitan county.
• (adjective) Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
• (adjective) Of or relating to an ecclesiastical metropolitan.
• (noun) A citizen of a metropolis, especially one who displays urbane characteristics, attitudes, and values.

例文

• Their national or archdiocese leaders have the title metropolitan or patriarch.

主要都市 ◇Gk.metro＝meter(＝mother 母なる)＋polis(＝city 都市)

語源

• poli- : Gk.polis = city(都市)

巨大都市 ◇Gk.megalo(＝巨大な)

語源

• poli- : Gk.polis = city(都市)