Metropolises and Stations

Stations and metropolises are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stations" instead a noun "Metropolises".

Stations noun - (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary.

Metropolises and stations are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Metropolises" instead a noun "Stations".