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metropolis

/məˈtrɒpəlɪs/noun

उच्चारण मट्रॉपलिस

महानगर

Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

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nounmetropolises
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    [C]

    a large important city, often the capital city of a country or region

    महानगर

    • Mumbai is a busy metropolis.
    • Kolkata is a great metropolis with a long history of art and literature.
    • Delhi is a sprawling metropolis with millions of people.
    + 2 more examples
    • He moved from a small town to the metropolis to find work.
    • The metropolis never sleeps, and its markets stay open late.

    Synonyms city capital megacity conurbation urban centre

    Opposite village hamlet

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Synonyms

city capital megacity conurbation urban centre

Antonyms

village hamlet

AaSpelling

me·trop·o·lis

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a very large city is a metropolis; a very large city with more than ten million people a megacity; a group of towns that have grown together a conurbation; a small village a hamlet.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: बहुत बड़ा शहर metropolis; एक करोड़ से अधिक आबादी वाला बहुत बड़ा शहर megacity; एक साथ बढ़े कस्बों का समूह conurbation; छोटा गाँव hamlet।

General knowledge

Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai are India's major metropolitan cities.

दिल्ली, मुंबई, कोलकाता और चेन्नई भारत के प्रमुख महानगर हैं।