metropoli
See also: metrópoli and metròpoli
English
Noun
metropoli
- plural of metropolis
- 1921, The Notable Collection of Rare and Valuable Japanese Color Prints, the Property of Carl Schraubstadter:
- The three metropoli of Japan represented by beautiful women. On the left, the Plum of Naniwa for Osaka; in the center, the Moon of Musashi for Edo; and on the right, the Cherry of Kokono for Kyoto.
- 1989, Eli Ginzberg, My Brother’s Keeper, Transaction Publishers, LCCN 88-36523, page 163:
- […]; the great difficulties and high costs involved in introducing reliable sample studies of Jews, particularly because of their heavy concentration in the three metropoli — New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, which together account for about 40 percent of the total Jewish population in the United States.
- 2007, Sylvia Chant, Gender, Generation and Poverty: Exploring the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Edward Elgar Publishing, page 206:
- Although there has been some filling out of the urban hierarchy in the last 30 years and some diminution in the dominance of Metro Manila, the latter has 10 million inhabitants, which along with the 1.8 million residing in Metro Cebu and 1.7 million in Metro Davao, means that the country’s three metropoli contain one-quarter of the urban population between them.
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English metropolis), ultimately from Late Latin mētropolis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetropoli/, [ˈme̞t̪ro̞ˌpo̞li]
- Rhymes: -oli
- Syllabification(key): met‧ro‧po‧li
Noun
metropoli
- metropolis
Declension
| Inflection of metropoli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metropoli | metropolit | |
| genitive | metropolin | metropolien | |
| partitive | metropolia | metropoleja | |
| illative | metropoliin | metropoleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | metropoli | metropolit | |
| accusative | nom. | metropoli | metropolit |
| gen. | metropolin | ||
| genitive | metropolin | metropolien | |
| partitive | metropolia | metropoleja | |
| inessive | metropolissa | metropoleissa | |
| elative | metropolista | metropoleista | |
| illative | metropoliin | metropoleihin | |
| adessive | metropolilla | metropoleilla | |
| ablative | metropolilta | metropoleilta | |
| allative | metropolille | metropoleille | |
| essive | metropolina | metropoleina | |
| translative | metropoliksi | metropoleiksi | |
| instructive | — | metropolein | |
| abessive | metropolitta | metropoleitta | |
| comitative | — | metropoleineen | |
| Possessive forms of metropoli (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | metropolini | metropolimme |
| 2nd person | metropolisi | metropolinne |
| 3rd person | metropolinsa | |
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mētropolis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈtrɔ.po.li/
- Rhymes: -ɔpoli
- Hyphenation: me‧trò‧po‧li
Noun
metropoli f (invariable)
- metropolis
Related terms
- metropolitano
Further reading
- metropoli in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- polimetro
Latin
Noun
mētropolī
- dative/ablative singular of mētropolis