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How to Say "parent state" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “parent state” is “metrópoli” — C1 level.

English → SpanishC1
nounC1formal
the governing country of an empire
A large central castle on a hill overlooking a small harbor with several small ships sailing away to distant small islands.

Examples

Las noticias tardaban meses en llegar desde la metrópoli a las colonias.

News took months to arrive from the mother city to the colonies.

The Plural Form

The plural of 'metrópoli' is 'metrópolis'. Notice that the word looks almost the same but adds an 's'.

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