Definitions For Metropolei

Noun

(rare) Plural of metropolis : In the sense of chief cities of colonies, especially in ancient Greece: : In the sense of any large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas:

Usage notes

Metropoleis follows Ancient Greek inflection patterns (see πόλις#inflection, πόλις). metropolises, metropolises follows English inflection patterns (the addition of -es to a noun ending in s). metropoli, metropoli incorrectly follows Latin inflection patterns (metropolis is a third declension noun with the nominative plural metropolēs; mētropolī is the dative or ablative singular, the error is made by incorrectly inflecting metropolis as though it were a masculine noun of the second declension).