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Definition of metro adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

metro

adjective
 
/ˈmetrəʊ/
 
/ˈmetrəʊ/
[only before noun] (North American English, informal)
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  1. 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’).
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