metrópole

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis). === Pronunciation === === Noun === metrópole f (plural metrópoles) metropolis (historical) mother country of a colony a populous and busy city ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:metrópole. ==== Related terms ==== metropolitano === Further reading === “metrópole”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “metrópole”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026