Me-trŏp'o-lĭs, n.

n. [Lat. metropolis, Gr. μητρόπολις, from μήτηρ, mother, and πόλις, city, properly the mother city in relation to colonies; Fr. métropole, It. & Sp. metropoli. It has no plural.] The mother city; the chief city or capital of a kingdom, state, or country. “The great metropolis and see of Rome.” Shak.