Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat 1

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈmɛtɹəpəʊl/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈmɛtɹəpoʊl/
KieliKäännökset
hollantimetropool
suomiemämaa

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. A metropolis; the main city of a country or area.
  2. The parent-state of a colony.
  3. (now rare) A bishop's see.

Esimerkit

  • Though the metropole remained confident in its Westminster ways, its newly independent colonies imposed constitutional constraints on the powers of parliament.
  • As Europe's population growth and commercial activity slowed down after 1620, its thirst for Spanish-American silver slackened: metropole and colony were drifting apart.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkometropoles

Luokat


The parent-state of a colony.

Roman Italy, the metropole of the Roman Empire. Roman provinces are marked in pink.