metro

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 2.2 References 3 Esperanto 3.1 Noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Synonyms 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Related terms 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Synonyms 6 Polish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Portuguese 7.1 Noun 8 Serbo-Croatian 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Declension 9 Spanish 9.1 Noun

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The term metro for underground rapid transit originally comes from the name of the Paris underground (Chemin de Fer Métropolitain) which was shortened to métropolitain "metropolitan" and then to métro. The prefix metro comes from the word metropolis from the Greek μήτηρ ( mētēr) "mother" and πόλις (pólis) "city/town" which means is a big city. The term was originally used by the Paris rapid transit system to differentiate it from non-urban railway systems.

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/, SAMPA: /"mEtr@U/
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[edit] Noun

metro (plural metros)

1. An underground railway other than those in the US or London, in particular that in Paris.
2. A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. An urban rapid transit light railway
4. A train that runs on such a railway.

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• (underground railway): el/El (US), subway (US), Tube (the London underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

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metro

1. metro, underground railway.

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• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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metro (plural metroj, accusative singular metron, accusative plural metrojn)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

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metro (stem metro-^*)

1. An underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro.

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• maanalainen

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Wikipedia ^it

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metro m. (plural metri)

1. (unit of measure) metre, meter
2. ruler, ruler, measure
3. yardstick, criterion

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• centimetro
• chilometro
• decimetro
• metraggio
• metratura
• metrico
• metro cubo
• metrologia
• metro quadro
• millimetro

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metro f. inv.

1. (short form of metropolitana) subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)

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• metrò

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•  metro^{help, file}

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metro n.

1. subway (underground railway)

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metro m

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. (Portugal) underground, subway

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mètrō m. (Cyrillic spelling мѐтро̄)

1. metro

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metro m. (plural metros)

1. meter
2. metro