metropolia

See also: metropolią

English

Noun

metropolia

1. plural of metropolis (see of a metropolitan bishop)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.trɔˈpɔ.lja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlja
• Syllabification: me‧tro‧po‧lia

Noun

metropolia f

1. metropolis (large, busy city)
2. (Ancient Greece, historical) metropolis (colony's mother city)
3. (Roman Catholicism) metropolis (jurisdiction of an archbishop)

   Synonym: arcybiskupstwo

Declension

Declension of metropolia

	singular	plural
nominative	metropolia	metropolie
genitive	metropolii	metropolii/metropolij (archaic)
dative	metropolii	metropoliom
accusative	metropolię	metropolie
instrumental	metropolią	metropoliami
locative	metropolii	metropoliach
vocative	metropolio	metropolie

Related terms

adjectives

• metropolitalny
• metropolitański
• metropolitarny

 

adverb

• metropolitalnie

 

nouns

• metropolita
• metropolitan
• metropolizacja

 

verb

• metropolizować się impf

 

Further reading

• metropolia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• metropolia in Polish dictionaries at PWN