Metropolis facts for kids
A metropolis is a word that means a very big city, that usually has over 500,000 people living in it. A metropolis often has many smaller towns and cities inside its area. The word is very old and began in Greece.
In a broader sense, it refers to the city or state of origin of a colony (as of ancient Greece), a city regarded as a center of a specified activity, or a large important city.
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Old uses
In the past many large cities were called a metropolis due to their size or importance; such as: Alexandria, Angkor, Antioch, Athens, Babylon, Baghdad, Beirut, Benares, Byblos, Cahokia, Carthage, Constantinople, Corinth, Damascus, Dholavira, Ephesus, Great Zimbabwe, Harappa, Jerusalem, Leptis Magna, Nanjing, Nineveh, Macchu Picchu, Mohenjo-Daro, Rome, Sarai, Side, Siracuse, Tenochtitlan, Teotihuacan, Tikal, Tyre, Xian and Ur.
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Images for kids
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New York has garnered the nickname Metropolis to describe the city in the daytime in popular culture, contrasting with Gotham, sometimes used to describe New York at night.
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Taipei Skyline with the Taipei 101
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Dhaka is Bangladesh's largest city
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Mumbai is the largest city in India
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Jakarta, the largest and busiest city in Indonesia
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Tehran is Iran's largest city
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Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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São Paulo is Brazil's largest city
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Financial district of Santiago, Chile.
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Berlin is Germany's largest city.
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Rhine-Ruhr is Germany's largest metropolis (the photo shows Dortmund).
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Frankfurt is one of Germany's most important cities.
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Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital and the second-largest city
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Yekaterinburg, the fourth-largest city in the country.
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Madrid (capital city of Spain)
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Madrid skyline at night
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Toronto is Canada's largest city.
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Montreal is Canada's largest French-speaking city.
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Vancouver is Canada's largest coastal city and most important port.
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Sydney is Australia's largest metropolis.
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Melbourne is Australia's second-largest metropolis.
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Brisbane is Australia's third-largest metropolis.
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Perth is the largest city in Western Australia.
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Adelaide is the largest city in South Australia.
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Gold Coast is Australia's largest regional city.
See also
In Spanish: Metrópoli para niños