metropolis

Metropole, Großstadt

Eine große, lebhafte Stadt, die für ihre Umgebung oder das Land wichtig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A large, busy city that is important to the surrounding area or the country.

• She lives in a busy metropolis.
• The village grew into a modern metropolis.
• These huge metropolises attract workers from across the country.

Synonyme: major city, big city

Häufige Wendungen: bustling metropolis, modern metropolis, major metropolis

Mutterstadt

Eine antike Stadt, deren Einwohner anderswo eine Kolonie gründeten.

In einfachem Englisch: An ancient city whose people founded a colony elsewhere.

• Corinth was the colony's metropolis.
• Settlers maintained ties with their metropolis.
• The colony sent gifts to the temples of its metropolis.

Synonyme: mother city, founding city

Häufige Wendungen: greek metropolis, founding metropolis, colony and metropolis

Metropolitansitz

Die Stadt oder der Kirchenbezirk eines ranghohen Bischofs, der andere Bischöfe der Region beaufsichtigt.

In einfachem Englisch: The city or church district of a senior bishop who oversees other bishops in the area.

• The city became an ecclesiastical metropolis.
• Several smaller dioceses came under the metropolis.
• The cathedral stood at the center of the metropolis.

Synonyme: metropolitan see

Häufige Wendungen: ecclesiastical metropolis, ancient metropolis, bishop's metropolis

Verbreitungszentrum

Ein Gebiet, in dem Pflanzen oder Tiere derselben Gattung besonders häufig vorkommen.

In einfachem Englisch: An area where a particular group of related plants or animals is especially concentrated.

• This region is the genus's metropolis.
• Botanists identified the mountains as a metropolis for these plants.
• The study mapped several metropolises of related animal groups.

So benutzt man es: metropolis of a genus (The valley is the metropolis of this genus.)

Synonyme: center of distribution

Häufige Wendungen: metropolis of something, botanical metropolis