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metroplex

The English word “metroplex” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.

Etymology

Blend of metropolitan + complex, originally coined as a marketing term for the Dallas–Fort Worth conurbation.

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