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

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.