Cosmopolitan

Definition: Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan

Adjective

1. (ecology) growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution".

2. Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks".

3. Of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience".

Noun

1. A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cosmopolitan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

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Synonyms: Cosmopolitan

Abode

Adjective: urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial.

Mankind

Adjective: human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social; cosmopolitan; anthropoid.

Philanthropy

Adjective: philanthropic, humanitarian, utilitarian, cosmopolitan; public-spirited, patriotic; humane, large-hearted; (benevolent); chivalric; generous.

Crosswords: Cosmopolitan

She read it in Cosmopolitan. (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

Oh God, you've been reading Cosmopolitan again (Thank God It's Friday; writing credit: Armyan Bernstein)

It's very cosmopolitan. You never know who you'll meet next (The Prisoner; writing credit: Dennis Marks)

Very cosmopolitan. (Tombstone; writing credit: Kevin Jarre)

Hi, I'd like a Cheeseburger, please, a large fries and a Cosmopolitan. (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young)

Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951)

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References

• Cosmopolitan International Holdings Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Avant-Guide New York City 2 Ed: Insiders' Guide for Cosmopolitan Travelers (reference)

• Cosmopolitan Justice (reference)

• Cosmopolitan Why Don't You 2003 Block Calendar (reference)

• Ole Bull: Norway's Romantic Musician and Cosmopolitan Patriot (reference)

• Rand McNally Cosmopolitan World Map-Folded (reference)

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Periodicals

• Cosmopolitan (reference)

• Cosmopolitan - French Ed (reference)

• Cosmopolitan en Espanol (reference)

• Cosmopolitan Hair (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Cosmopolitan Dance Aerobics (reference)

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Music

• Cosmopolitan Meditation (reference)

• The Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich (reference)

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High Tech

• Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Seventy-one years, or, My life with photography. Substance and shadow, Cosmopolitan Club, Dec. 6, 1932. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cosmopolitan Club, New York City. Detail of grape vine iron work, and lamp. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mayflower Hotel. Cosmopolitan testimonial for Mayflower Hotel. Credit: Library of Congress.

Reeves & Palmer's Cosmopolitan Company. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The bourgeoisie has through its exploitation of the world-market given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country. (reference)

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Business

Several well-known magazines such as BAZAAR, Cosmopolitan, CLEO, and Arch were translated and introduced into Taiwan five years ago. The Chinese version of National Geographic, Popular Science and the Madame Figaro are being introduced into the Taiwan market January 2001. Syndication is a very successful method of widening the periodicals market in Taiwan. (references)

In the minds of Italians, New York is the major gateway to the U.S. and offers all the attractions of a cosmopolitan city as well as excellent shopping; Florida offers the cultural uniqueness of Miami, theme parks and beaches; and California has Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, and boasts a "glamorous" lifestyle, and is a gateway to the most popular national parks. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

The cosmopolitan and international nature of Belgium makes it an ideal European test market for American products and services. (references)

Kenya

Traditional pastoralists, rural farmers, Muslims, and urban residents of Nairobi and other cities contribute to the cosmopolitan culture. (references)

Chad

The capital city of N'Djaména, situated at the confluence of the Chari and Logone Rivers, is cosmopolitan in nature, with a current population in excess of 700,000 persons. (references)

Travel

Mexico

With a population of some 20 million people, Mexico City is a cosmopolitan, world-class city with all the advantages and disadvantages of a huge urban center. (references)

Uzbekistan

While Tashkent is a fairly westernized, cosmopolitan city, the rest of Uzbekistan, especially in rural areas, tends to be a rather conservative, tolerant and hospital, Muslim-based culture. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "cosmopolitan": Nabis cosmopolitan. Additional references.

Beginning with "cosmopolitan": Cosmopolitan-mgm.

Ending with "cosmopolitan": non-cosmopolitan.

Albanian

kozmopolit (cosmopolite). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كوزموبوليتاني, ‏مواطن العالم (cosmopolite), ‏غير محلي, ‏عالمي (ecumenical, global, globular, international, macroscopic, oecumenical, scholarly, secular, universal). (various references)

Bulgarian 

космополитен, космополит (cosmopolite), гражданин на света (cosmopolite). (various references)

Chinese 

世界性. (various references)

Czech

svìtoobèanský, svìtoobèan, kosmopolitní, kosmopolita (cosmopolite). (various references)

Farsi 

وابسته به همه جهان , بین المللی (International). (various references)

Finnish

maailmankansalainen, kosmopoliitti. (various references)

French

cosmopolite (cosmopolite). (various references)

German

Weltbürger (citizen of the world, metropolitan), kosmopolit. (various references)

Greek 

κοσμοπολιτικόσ, κοσμοπολίτησ (cosmopolite), κοσμοπολίτης. (various references)

Hebrew 

של כל �"עולם, קוסמופוליטי, אזרח �"עולם. (various references)

Hungarian

világpolgár (cosmopolite), kozmopolita (cosmopolite), világpolgári (cosmopolitanism, cosmopolite, cosmopolitism). (various references)

Italian

cosmopolita (cosmopolite). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

国際人 (citizen of the world, international celebrity), コスト効率 (bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights, cockatrice, Cocker spaniel, cockney, cockpit, cockroach, cook, coq d'or, cosmetic, cosmetic lens, cosmetics, cosmetology, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolis, cosmopolitanism, cosmos, cost effectiveness, costume play, cottage, cotton, cox, faucet, glass, Kodak, rough play, spigot, tap), 世界人 (world citizen). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せかいじ�" (world citizen), �"くさいじ�" (citizen of the world, international celebrity), コスモポリタン . (various references)

Korean 

� �세계. (various references)

Manx

yl-cheeragh. (various references)

Pig Latin

osmopolitancay.(various references)

Portuguese

cosmopolita (cosmopolite). (various references)

Romanian

cosmopolit (cosmopolite, cosmopolitical). (various references)

Russian 

космополит (cosmopolite, cosmopolitism). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kosmopolitski, kosmopolita (cosmopolite). (various references)

Spanish

cosmopolita (cosmopolite, cosmopolitical). (various references)

Swedish

kosmopolitisk. (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งไม่มีอคติ, ซึ่งท่องเที่ยวไปทั่วโลก, ซึ่งประกอบ�"้วยหลายชาติ. (various references)

Turkish

ulusal özelliğini yitirmiş kimse, kozmopolit, dünya vatandaşı (citizen of the world). (various references)

Ukrainian

космополііт, космополітичний (cosmopolite), багатонаціональний (cosmopolite, multinational). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người theo chủ nghĩa thế giới kẻ giang h�" (cosmopolite). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cosmopolitan": cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitanisms, cosmopolitans. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cosmopolitan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cosmapolitan, cosmoopolitan, cosmoplitan, cosmopolit, cosmopolita, cosmopolitant, cosmopolitian, cosmospolitan, cosopolitan. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: complaints, monopolist, nosocomial.

-3 letters: apostolic, complains, complaint, compliant, cooptions, locations, onomastic, optionals, palominos.

-4 letters: amotions, apomicts, campions, capitols, captions, coalpits, colonist, complain, complins, complots, coolants, cooption, copilots, implants, laconism, lampions, lampoons, limacons, location, maintops, misplant, monastic, monocots, moonsail, motional, octanols, oilcamps, optional, pactions, palomino, platonic, platoons, ptomains, scolioma, scotopia, solation, stolonic, tampions, tompions.

+1 letter: compositional, cosmopolitans.

+3 letters: compositionally, cosmopolitanism.

+4 letters: cosmopolitanisms, monopolistically.

+5 letters: copolymerizations.