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• In the sense of chief cities of colonies, especially in ancient Greece:
• We have already mentioned that some colonies eventually became metropoleis.
• The role which the metropoleis developed as administrative centres for their nomes had always been inherent in the Ptolomeic system but the evidence suggests that it was much enhanced under the Romans.
• The larger metropoleis were sizeable communities: Hermopolis had perhaps as many as 40,000 inhabitants, Oxyrhynchos maybe around 25,000.
• In the sense of any large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas:
• The pop-culture term, “metrosexual”, coined in 1994 by author, Mark Simpson, meaning “a dandyish narcissist in love with not only himself, but also his urban lifestyle; a straight man who is in touch with his feminine side” (wordspy.com), is spouted with increasing frequency on the streets of America’s metropoleis.
• Our census takers, population experts, sociologists, economists and urban planners all point to the bigger and better “metropoleis” (to use the accepted plural) of the future.
• Like bees to their hives, increasing numbers of Americans swarm into metropoleis.2