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A metropolis (/mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs/ )[2] is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big city belonging to a larger urban agglomeration, but which is not the core of that agglomeration, is not generally considered a metropolis but a part of it. The plural of the word is metropolises,[3] although the Latin plural is metropoles, from the Greek metropoleis (μητρoπόλεις).
For urban areas outside metropolitan areas that generate a similar attraction on a smaller scale for their region, the concept of the regiopolis ("regio" for short) was introduced by urban and regional planning researchers in Germany in 2006.[4]
- ^ Keri Blakinger (March 8, 2016). "From Gotham to Metropolis: A look at NYC's best nicknames". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ "Definition of Metropolis". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Definition of metropolis". Collins English Dictionary. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- ^ Iris Reuther (FG Stadt- und Regionalplanung, Universität Kassel): Presentation "Regiopole Rostock". December 11, 2008. Retrieved June 13, 2009 (pdf).