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The metropolitan area includes the city and nearby towns.
What does Metropolitan mean?
Metropolitan means related to a big city area.
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related to a large city and the area around it.
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A metropolitan map can show trains, roads, and neighborhoods.
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The report compared rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities.
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Urban is close in meaning to metropolitan in many contexts.
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Metropolitan
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met · ruh · pol · ih · tun · strongest beat: pol
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WordMetropolitan.
Partadjective.
MeaningMetropolitan means related to a big city area.
ExampleExample: The metropolitan area includes the city and nearby towns.
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- Syllables
- met · ruh · pol · ih · tun
- Strongest beat
- pol
- Ending
- tun
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- Put a little extra energy on pol.
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Synonyms
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urbanrelated to a city
city-arearelated to a city and nearby region
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metropolitan
noun
metropolis
A large and important city.
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