metro
adjective/ˈmetrəʊ/
/ˈmetrəʊ/
[only before noun] (North American English, informal)- metropolitan (= connected with a major city)
- the New York metro areas
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French métro, abbreviation of métropolitain (from Chemin de Fer Métropolitain ‘Metropolitan Railway’).Definitions on the go
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