# metropoli
## English
### Noun

metropoli
* plural of metropolis
** 1921, The Notable Collection of Rare and Valuable Japanese Color Prints, the Property of Carl Schraubstadter:The three metropoli of Japan represented by beautiful women. On the left, the Plum of Naniwa for Osaka; in the center, the Moon of Musashi for Edo; and on the right, the Cherry of Kokono for Kyoto.
** 1989, Eli Ginzberg, My Brother’s Keeper, Transaction Publishers, →LCCN, page 163:[…]; the great difficulties and high costs involved in introducing reliable sample studies of Jews, particularly because of their heavy concentration in the three metropoli — New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, which together account for about 40 percent of the total Jewish population in the United States.
** 2007, Sylvia Chant, Gender, Generation and Poverty: Exploring the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Edward Elgar Publishing, page 206:Although there has been some filling out of the urban hierarchy in the last 30 years and some diminution in the dominance of Metro Manila, the latter has 10 million inhabitants, which along with the 1.8 million residing in Metro Cebu and 1.7 million in Metro Davao, means that the country’s three metropoli contain one-quarter of the urban population between them.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English metropolis), ultimately from Late Latin mētropolis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmetropoli/, [ˈme̞t̪ro̞ˌpo̞li]
* Rhymes: -oli
* Hyphenation: met‧ro‧po‧li

### Noun

metropoli
* metropolis

#### Declension

Possessive forms of metropoli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
metropolini
metropolini
accusative
nom.
metropolini
metropolini
gen.
metropolini
genitive
metropolini
metropolieni
partitive
metropoliani
metropolejani
inessive
metropolissani
metropoleissani
elative
metropolistani
metropoleistani
illative
metropoliini
metropoleihini
adessive
metropolillani
metropoleillani
ablative
metropoliltani
metropoleiltani
allative
metropolilleni
metropoleilleni
essive
metropolinani
metropoleinani
translative
metropolikseni
metropoleikseni
abessive
metropolittani
metropoleittani
instructive
comitative
—metropoleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
metropolisi
metropolisi
accusative
nom.
metropolisi
metropolisi
gen.
metropolisi
genitive
metropolisi
metropoliesi
partitive
metropoliasi
metropolejasi
inessive
metropolissasi
metropoleissasi
elative
metropolistasi
metropoleistasi
illative
metropoliisi
metropoleihisi
adessive
metropolillasi
metropoleillasi
ablative
metropoliltasi
metropoleiltasi
allative
metropolillesi
metropoleillesi
essive
metropolinasi
metropoleinasi
translative
metropoliksesi
metropoleiksesi
abessive
metropolittasi
metropoleittasi
instructive
comitative
—metropoleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
metropolimme
metropolimme
accusative
nom.
metropolimme
metropolimme
gen.
metropolimme
genitive
metropolimme
metropoliemme
partitive
metropoliamme
metropolejamme
inessive
metropolissamme
metropoleissamme
elative
metropolistamme
metropoleistamme
illative
metropoliimme
metropoleihimme
adessive
metropolillamme
metropoleillamme
ablative
metropoliltamme
metropoleiltamme
allative
metropolillemme
metropoleillemme
essive
metropolinamme
metropoleinamme
translative
metropoliksemme
metropoleiksemme
abessive
metropolittamme
metropoleittamme
instructive
comitative
—metropoleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
metropolinne
metropolinne
accusative
nom.
metropolinne
metropolinne
gen.
metropolinne
genitive
metropolinne
metropolienne
partitive
metropolianne
metropolejanne
inessive
metropolissanne
metropoleissanne
elative
metropolistanne
metropoleistanne
illative
metropoliinne
metropoleihinne
adessive
metropolillanne
metropoleillanne
ablative
metropoliltanne
metropoleiltanne
allative
metropolillenne
metropoleillenne
essive
metropolinanne
metropoleinanne
translative
metropoliksenne
metropoleiksenne
abessive
metropolittanne
metropoleittanne
instructive
comitative
—metropoleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
metropolinsa
metropolinsa
accusative
nom.
metropolinsa
metropolinsa
gen.
metropolinsa
genitive
metropolinsa
metropoliensa
partitive
metropoliaan metropoliansa
metropolejaan metropolejansa
inessive
metropolissaan metropolissansa
metropoleissaan metropoleissansa
elative
metropolistaan metropolistansa
metropoleistaan metropoleistansa
illative
metropoliinsa
metropoleihinsa
adessive
metropolillaan metropolillansa
metropoleillaan metropoleillansa
ablative
metropoliltaan metropoliltansa
metropoleiltaan metropoleiltansa
allative
metropolilleen metropolillensa
metropoleilleen metropoleillensa
essive
metropolinaan metropolinansa
metropoleinaan metropoleinansa
translative
metropolikseen metropoliksensa
metropoleikseen metropoleiksensa
abessive
metropolittaan metropolittansa
metropoleittaan metropoleittansa
instructive
comitative
—metropoleineen metropoleinensa :

#### Derived terms

* metropolialue

### Further reading

* “metropoli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin mētropolis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈtrɔ.po.li/
* Rhymes: -ɔpoli
* Hyphenation: me‧trò‧po‧li
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

metropoli f (invariable)
* metropolis

#### Related terms

* metropolitano

### Further reading

* metropoli in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* polimetro

## Latin
### Noun

mētropolī
* dative/ablative singular of mētropolis