Beste esanahi batzuen berri izateko, ikus: «Metropolis» Metropolia, Antzinako Grezian, koloniak sortzen zituen eta horien administrazioaz arduratzen zen hiria zen.
Term used generically today to denote any urban form but applied particularly to large urban settlements. There are, however, no agreed definitions to separate a city from the large metropolis or the smaller town.