metropolitan

adjective

/ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən/

/ˌmetrəˈpɑːlɪtən/

[only before noun]

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(also North American English, informal metro)
connected with a large or capital city
- the New York metropolitan area
- metropolitan districts/regions
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- amenity
- city
- ghetto
- high-rise
- metropolitan
- population
- slum
- suburb
- town
- urban
Topics Buildingsc1
connected with a particular country rather than with the other regions of the world that the country controls
- metropolitan France/Spain

Word Originlate Middle English (in the ecclesiastical sense): from late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek mētropolitēs ‘citizen of a mother state’, from mētropolis ‘mother state’, from mētēr, mētr- ‘mother’ + polis ‘city’.

单词	metropolitan
释义	metropolitan adjective /ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən/ /ˌmetrəˈpɑːlɪtən/ [only before noun] jump to other results (also North American English, informal metro) connected with a large or capital city the New York metropolitan area metropolitan districts/regions Wordfinder amenity city ghetto high-rise metropolitan population slum suburb town urban Topics Buildingsc1 connected with a particular country rather than with the other regions of the world that the country controls metropolitan France/Spain Word Originlate Middle English (in the ecclesiastical sense): from late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek mētropolitēs ‘citizen of a mother state’, from mētropolis ‘mother state’, from mētēr, mētr- ‘mother’ + polis ‘city’.
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