transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈträ-p(ə-)ləs ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek mētropolis, from mētr-, mētēr mother + polis city — more at mother , police
Date: 14th century
1. : the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
2. : the city or state of origin of a colony (as of ancient Greece)
3.
a. : a city regarded as a center of a specified activity
a great business metropolis
b. : a large important city
the world's great metropolis es — P. E. James