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LargecityorconurbationNewYorkhasgarneredthenicknameMetropolistodescribethecityinthedaytimeinpopularculture,contrastingwithGotham,sometimesusedtodescribeNewYorkatnight.[1]SkylineofTokyo,theworldsmostpopulousmetropolis,withMountFujiinthebackgroundSkylineofLondon,whichwasoncethemetropoleoftheBritishEmpireAmetropolis()[2]isalargecityorconurbationwhichisasignificanteconomic,political,andculturalareaforacountryorregion,andanimportanthubforregionalorinternationalconnections,commerce,andcommunicatio...
Large city or conurbation
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.[1]Skyline of Tokyo, the worlds most populous metropolis, with Mount Fuji in the backgroundSkyline of London, which was once the metropole of the British EmpireA metropolis ()[2] is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big city belonging to a larger urban agglomeration, but which is not the core of that agglomeration, is not generally considered a metropolis but a part of it. The plural of the word is metropolises,[3] although the Latin plural is metropoles, from the Greek metropoleis (μητρoπόλεις).
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