See Also: metropole(dictionary)
Metropole Hotel(tourism)
Hilton Metropole Bayswater(tourism)

Mytilenaean (iou) and metropole (iou)


Mytilenaean (iou)



Mytilenaean noun & adjective. . M16.
[from Latin Mytilenaeus, Greek Mutilenaios of Mytilene (see below) + -AN.]
Of or pertaining to, a native or inhabitant of, the Aegean island of Lesbos (formerly Mytilene), the ancient city of Mytilene, on Lesbos, or modern Mytiline (Mitiline, Mitilini), the capital of Lesbos.

metropole (iou)



metropole noun. Also Metropole. LME.
[Old & mod. French metropol formed as METROPOLIS.]
a. A chief town or city. Now rare. LME.
b. The parent State of a colony. Cf. METROPOLIS 2. M20.
Survey No longer were all the colonies economically indebted to the metropoles.
= METROPOLIS 1. M19.
A luxury hotel. L19.