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cosmopolis

American  
[koz-mop-uh-lis] / kɒzˈmɒp ə lɪs /

noun

  1. an internationally important city inhabited by many different peoples reflecting a great variety of cultures, attitudes, etc.

cosmopolis British  
/ kɒzˈmɒpəlɪs /

noun

  1. an international city

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Etymology

Origin of cosmopolis

1890–95; cosmo- + -polis, modeled on metropolis

Example Sentences

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Each had made the people of this doubly landlocked country — one of only two, the other being Liechtenstein — of 34 million part of a greater world, a cosmopolis, a comity of nations.

From New York Times

The ideal of cosmopolis, the all- embracing empire of reason declared by the Stoics, runs counter to the ideal of the nation-state, which celebrates national reason and willingness to compete with others.

From Project Gutenberg

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