metropolitan

Meaning

Noun

1. A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
2. The inhabitant of a metropolis.

Adj

1. Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.
2. Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.
3. Of or pertaining to the parent state of a colony or territory, or the home country, e.g. metropolitan France

Hyphenated as

me‧tro‧po‧li‧tan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛ.tɹəˈpɒ.lɪ.tən/

Etymology

From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

Sentences

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