Meaning
metropolis; big city
- a very large important city
- a major urban center with many people and services
In a sentence
Milano è una metropoli piena di servizi.
Milan is a metropolis full of services.
Ti piacerebbe vivere in una metropoli asiatica?
Would you like to live in an Asian metropolis?
Questa non è una metropoli caotica.
This is not a chaotic metropolis.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| metropoli | feminine · singular |
| metropoli | feminine · plural |
| metropoli | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually feminine: la metropoli.
- Plural is often unchanged: le metropoli.
- More formal than grande città.