metropolis
/mɪˈtrɒp(ə)lɪs/
US pronunciation
American sound/mɪˈtrɒp(ə)lɪs/
mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs
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mɪ - ˈtrɒpəlɪs -> metropolis
Myanmar meaning
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metropolis /mǝ'trɒpǝlÇs / n
မြို့ကြီး။ မြို့တော်။ a great metropolis like Tokyo ❍ working in the metropolis.
❏ metropolitan /metrǝ'pɒlÇtǝn / adj မြို့တော်နယ်နိမိတ်တွင်း။ မြို့တော်။ the population of metropolitan Detroit ❍ living in a metropolitan district.
❏ the Metropolitan Police n [ Gp ] ( abbr the Met ) လန်ဒန်မြို့တော် ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့။
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- metropolis /mǝ'trɒpǝlÇs / n မြို့ကြီး။ မြို့တော်။ a great metropolis like Tokyo
- working in the metropolis. ❏ metropolitan /metrǝ'pɒlÇtǝn / adj မြို့တော်နယ်နိမိတ်တွင်း။ မြို့တော်။ the population of metropolitan Detroit
- living in a metropolitan district. ❏ the Metropolitan Police n [Gp] ( abbr the Met ) လန်ဒန်မြို့တော် ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့။
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Antonyms
back of beyond, backwater, backwaters, barrens, boonies, burb, bush country, citizenry, country, cow country, demesne, farmland, frontier, green belt, hinterland, middle of nowhere, neck of woods, no-man's land, outlying area, outlying areas, patria, primeval forest, region, residential area, shire, shires, slub, sovereign state, stomping ground, stomping grounds, suburb, suburbia, up country, wide open space, wilderness, wilds
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