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Metropolis vs Artemis - What's the difference?

metropolis | artemis |

As nouns the difference between metropolis and artemis

is that metropolis is metropolis while artemis is .

metropolis

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (history) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.
  • A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
  • *
  • (canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * metro * metropole * metropolitan

    Synonyms

    * mother city, metropole * archbishopric

    See also

    * capital city

    References

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    artemis

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo.
  • (rare) . The male variation is Artemios.

    • Derived terms

    * Artemidean * Artemisian

    Synonyms

    * (sister of Apollo) Agrotora, Aphaea, Cynthia, Diana, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron

    Anagrams

    *

    See also

    * (wikipedia "Artemis")

    References

    * Arthur Cotterell, Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology (Oxford University Press, 1986)