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metropolitan

ˌme-trə-ˈpä-lə-tən 5 syllables uncommon

  1. noun. the primate of an ecclesiastical province

  2. noun. one who lives in a metropolis or displays metropolitan manners or customs

  3. adjective. of or constituting a metropolitan or his see

  4. adjective. of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs

  5. adjective. of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony

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