Hyphenation of metropolis

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word metropolis? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

me-trop-o-lis

Definitions of metropolis:

1.	A large and densely populated urban area May include several independent administrative districts Ancient Troy was a great city
2.	People living in a large densely populated municipality The city voted for Republicans in 1994

Synonyms of metropolis:

noun	city, urban center, municipality
noun	city, municipality

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.