metropolitan
IPA: mɛtrʌpˈɑɫʌtʌn
noun
- (Orthodox Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
- The inhabitant of a metropolis.
- (rail transport) The Metropolitan Line of London Underground, which has its ancestry in the Metropolitan Railway.
adjective
- (Orthodox Christianity) 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
- (England, dated) Of or pertaining to London, United Kingdom.
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