μητρόπολις
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- mother-state (in relation to her colonies)
- one's mother-city, mother country, home
- capital city
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mother) + Ancient Greek πόλῐς (city, city state).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πόλῐς
Gloss
city, city state
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
市
Emoji
🌆 🏙️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- metropolis English
- metropolis Latin
- mētropolis Latin
- Metropolis German
- metropolis Dutch, Flemish
- metropool Dutch, Flemish
- métro French
- метрополия Russian
- Εὔπολις Ancient Greek
- Λατόπολις Ancient Greek
- Λυκόπολις Ancient Greek
- Μεγαλόπολις Ancient Greek
- Μητρόδωρος Ancient Greek
- Νεάπολις Ancient Greek
- Παροικόπολις Ancient Greek
- Σευθόπολις Ancient Greek
- μήτηρ Ancient Greek
- πολιορκέω Ancient Greek
- πόλῐς Ancient Greek
- Ἀμφίπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἀντίπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἡλίου πόλις Ancient Greek
- metrópole Portuguese
- μητέρα Greek (modern)
- metropole Latvian
- metrapoil Old Irish
- Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς grc-koi
- *mā́tēr Proto-Hellenic