metropolis (n.)

• archbishopric
• archdiocese
• bailiwick
• bishopric
• borough
• bourg
• burg
• burgh
• canton
• capital
• city
• commune
• conurbation
• county
• diocese
• district
• duchy
• electorate
• exurbia
• faubourg
• government
• hamlet
• hundred
• magistracy
• megalopolis
• municipality
• oblast
• outskirts
• parish
• polis
• precinct
• principality
• province
• region
• riding
• shire
• stake
• state
• suburb
• suburbia
• territory
• town
• township
• village
• ville
• ward