Metrolandn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtrə(ʊ)land/, U.S.

/ˈmɛtroʊˌlænd/

Forms: 1900s– Metro-land, 1900s– Metroland. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form⁴, land n.¹ 3

Etymology: < metro- comb. form⁴ + land n.¹ 3.Coined by the Metropolitan Railway Company (see quot. 1915 at sense 1) in advertising slogans promoting suburban housing developments along the route of their main line out of London.

Chiefly British.

1. The area surrounding a metropolis; spec. the district around London, esp. to the north-west, formerly served by the Metropolitan Railway. In extended use: the people inhabiting such an area.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city > area surrounding

Metroland1915

Metro1957

1915 Railway Mag. 36 499 Hearts are lighter, eyes are brighter In Metroland—Metroland.

1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train iii. v. 295 That house at Great Missenden..will suit them exactly. In metro-land, and such nice people all about... They must have a car, though; relying entirely on the Met. is too awkward, with so many strikes and so few late trains... After all, it's not London; metro-land can't be London.

1938 J. Betjeman Oxf. Univ. Chest v. 102 The houses of Metroland and beechy Bucks dot the landscape.

1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end viii. 114 In 1923 the London Underground, wishing to popularize ‘Metroland’..published two guide-books.

1973 T. C. Barker & M. Robbins Hist. London Transport II. 255 Farther down the line, the attractions of ‘Metro-land’ were boosted.

1980 J. Barnes (title) Metroland.

1994 Independent on Sunday 13 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 7/3 As for those in the suburbs, the M25 threatens any lingering end-of-line Metroland romance attached to Bushy Bushy or Sunny Sutton.

2. = metropolis n. 3a. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city

headeOE

mother-boroughc1225

master-borougha1325

sedea1387

chief1393

master-townc1400

metropolitan?a1439

capital city1439

master citya1450

stade1481

metropolea1500

capital1525

seatc1540

head-place1546

chamber1555

mother city1570

metropolis1584

metropolite1591

madam-town1593

capital town1601

seat-town1601

metropolie1633

megapolis1638

county seat1803

Queen City1807

metrop1888

Metroland1951

1951 R. Hoggart Auden v. 137 The appropriate isolation for Auden is..isolation in a vast anonymous metroland such as New York.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metroland
释义	Metrolandn. Brit. /ˈmɛtrə(ʊ)land/, U.S. /ˈmɛtroʊˌlænd/ Forms: 1900s– Metro-land, 1900s– Metroland. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form⁴, land n.¹ 3 Etymology: < metro- comb. form⁴ + land n.¹ 3.Coined by the Metropolitan Railway Company (see quot. 1915 at sense 1) in advertising slogans promoting suburban housing developments along the route of their main line out of London. Chiefly British. 1. The area surrounding a metropolis; spec. the district around London, esp. to the north-west, formerly served by the Metropolitan Railway. In extended use: the people inhabiting such an area. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city > area surrounding Metroland1915 Metro1957 1915 Railway Mag. 36 499 Hearts are lighter, eyes are brighter In Metroland—Metroland. 1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train iii. v. 295 That house at Great Missenden..will suit them exactly. In metro-land, and such nice people all about... They must have a car, though; relying entirely on the Met. is too awkward, with so many strikes and so few late trains... After all, it's not London; metro-land can't be London. 1938 J. Betjeman Oxf. Univ. Chest v. 102 The houses of Metroland and beechy Bucks dot the landscape. 1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end viii. 114 In 1923 the London Underground, wishing to popularize ‘Metroland’..published two guide-books. 1973 T. C. Barker & M. Robbins Hist. London Transport II. 255 Farther down the line, the attractions of ‘Metro-land’ were boosted. 1980 J. Barnes (title) Metroland. 1994 Independent on Sunday 13 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 7/3 As for those in the suburbs, the M25 threatens any lingering end-of-line Metroland romance attached to Bushy Bushy or Sunny Sutton. 2. = metropolis n. 3a. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city headeOE mother-boroughc1225 master-borougha1325 sedea1387 chief1393 master-townc1400 metropolitan?a1439 capital city1439 master citya1450 stade1481 metropolea1500 capital1525 seatc1540 head-place1546 chamber1555 mother city1570 metropolis1584 metropolite1591 madam-town1593 capital town1601 seat-town1601 metropolie1633 megapolis1638 county seat1803 Queen City1807 metrop1888 Metroland1951 1951 R. Hoggart Auden v. 137 The appropriate isolation for Auden is..isolation in a vast anonymous metroland such as New York. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915
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