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cosmopolis

noun
cos·mop·o·lis | \ käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs \

Definition of cosmopolis 

: a cosmopolitan city

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burg, city, megalopolis, metropolis, municipality, town

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Examples of cosmopolis in a Sentence

a sprawling cosmopolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their fortune

First Known Use of cosmopolis

1849, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for cosmopolis

New Latin, back-formation from cosmopolites

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