metrapoil
Old Irish
/ˈmʲetrapolʲ/
noun
Definitions
- metropolis, mother-city
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mētropolis derived from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mother city, a mother city state).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μητρόπολις
Gloss
mother city, a mother city state
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- metropolis English
- metropolis Latin
- mētropolis Latin
- Metropolis German
- metropolis Dutch, Flemish
- метрополия Russian
- μήτηρ Ancient Greek
- μητρόπολις Ancient Greek
- πόλῐς Ancient Greek
- metrópole Portuguese
- metropole Latvian