metropolitan
Pronunciation: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/
The English word “metropolitan” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
- The inhabitant of a metropolis.
adjective
- Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.
- Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.
- Of or pertaining to the parent state of a colony or territory, or the home country, e.g. metropolitan France
Etymology
From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).
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