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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ro•pol•i•tan /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlɪtən/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to a metropolis:Storms are expected in the metropolitan area tonight.
of or like a metropolis in being sophisticated:a metropolitan outlook.See -polis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ro•pol•i•tan (me′trə pol′i tn),USA pronunciation adj. - of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- of or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities:the New York metropolitan area.
- pertaining to or constituting a mother country.
- Religionpertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis.
n. - an inhabitant of a metropolis.
- a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis.
- Religion[Eastern Ch.]the head of an ecclesiastical province.
- Religionan archbishop in the Church of England.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]an archbishop who has authority over one or more suffragan sees.
- Ancient History(in ancient Greece) a citizen of the mother city or parent state of a colony.
- Greek mētropolí̄t(ēs) (see metropolis, -ite1) + Latin -ānus -an
- Late Latin mētropolītānus of, belonging to a metropolis
- Middle English 1300–50
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