metropolitan

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (metropolis).

[edit] Adjective

metropolitan (comparative more metropolitan, superlative most metropolitan)

1. of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

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[edit] Noun

metropolitan (plural metropolitans)

1. In Eastern Orthodoxy, a bishop empowered to oversee other bishops, an archbishop. Their demesne is an Archeparchy.
2. the inhabitant of a metropolis