metropolis

metrópoli, gran ciudad

Ciudad grande y activa, importante para la región que la rodea o para el país.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: major city, big city

Expresiones frecuentes: bustling metropolis, modern metropolis, major metropolis

metrópoli, ciudad madre

Ciudad antigua cuyos habitantes fundaron una colonia en otro lugar.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: mother city, founding city

Expresiones frecuentes: greek metropolis, founding metropolis, colony and metropolis

sede metropolitana

Ciudad o territorio eclesiástico de un obispo superior que supervisa a otros obispos de la zona.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: metropolitan see

Expresiones frecuentes: ecclesiastical metropolis, ancient metropolis, bishop's metropolis

centro de distribución

Zona donde se concentran especialmente las plantas o los animales de un mismo género.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: metropolis of a genus (The valley is the metropolis of this genus.)

Sinónimos: center of distribution

Expresiones frecuentes: metropolis of something, botanical metropolis