Cosmopolis
[kahz-MAHP-ə-ləs]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Greek, mid-19th century
1.
A city inhabited by people from many different countries.
Examples of Cosmopolis in a sentence
"Thanks to its history as a thriving cosmopolis, my family felt comfortable moving to London."
"In a comic book cosmopolis, the population may include humans and alien life."
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