Synonyms for metropolitan

Grammar : Adj

Spell : me-truh-pol-i-tn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn

Définition of metropolitan

Origin : early 15c., "bishop having oversight of other bishops," from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolis "mother city" (from which others have been colonized), also "capital city," from meter "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + polis "city" (see polis).
In Greek, "parent state of a colony;" later, "see of a metropolitan bishop." In the West, the position now roughly corresponds to archbishop, but in the Greek church it ranks above it.

adj concerning a city

Example sentences :

This statue, now in the Metropolitan Museum, was found at Pompeii.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

But, these are small oases, and I am soon back again in metropolitan Arcadia.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

The exchange into the metropolitan monastery was an important event in Sergius's life.
Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy

It was their Metropolitan, Suburban, and Brooklyn rolled into one.
Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

Over the metropolitan area, the scene was one beggaring description.
Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich

Nathaniel, who had followed him to the side entrance of The Metropolitan, met him there.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

On the small daily and weekly, there is little of this, but it is practiced on the metropolitan daily.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

My wife copied the tapestry from an original in the Metropolitan Museum.
Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley

The afternoon edition of the Metropolitan Planet was going to press.
Extract from : « Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels » by Stephen Leacock

Vassili himself insulted the Metropolitan, who fled to Rome.
Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.

Antonyms for metropolitan

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