El Iskandriyah vs metropolis

El Iskandriyah and metropolis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
El Iskandriyah	Yes	No	No	No
metropolis	Yes	No	No	No

El Iskandriyah (noun)	metropolis (noun)
the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt	people living in a large densely populated municipality
	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts