metropolitan

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/, [-tn̩] (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑlɪtən/, [-ɾən], [-ɾn̩] (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/, [-ɾən], [-ɾn̩] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌmetɹəˈpɔlɪtən/, /ˌmetɹəˈpɒlɪtən/, [-ɾən], [-ɾn̩] Rhymes: -ɒlɪtən Hyphenation: me‧tro‧po‧lit‧an === Noun === metropolitan (plural metropolitans) (Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. [from 15th c.] Synonym: metropolitan bishop The inhabitant of a metropolis. [from 18th c.] ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === metropolitan (comparative more metropolitan, superlative most metropolitan) (Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.] Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.] Coordinate term: micropolitan Of or pertaining to the parent state of a colony or territory, or the home country, e.g. metropolitan France 2015, Wouter Veenendaal, The Dutch Caribbean municipalities in comparative perspective. Island Studies Journal 10(1): 15–30: the new political status of these islands marks a definite break with the traditional Dutch colonial practice to keep its Caribbean colonies at a distance; and, after 2010, Dutch metropolitan laws and dministrative practices started being implemented on the islands. ==== Antonyms ==== non-metropolitan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English metropolitan, from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /metropoˈlitan/ [me.t̪ro.poˈli.t̪an] Rhymes: -itan Syllabification: me‧tro‧po‧li‧tan === Adjective === metropolitan (comparative lebih metropolitan, superlative paling metropolitan) metropolitan === Noun === metropolitan (plural metropolitan-metropolitan) metropolitan === Further reading === “metropolitan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Ladin == === Adjective === metropolitan m (feminine singular metropolitana, masculine plural metropolitans, feminine plural metropolitanes) metropolitan == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French métropolitain. === Noun === metropolitan n (plural metropolitane) (dated) metro, subway, underground ==== Declension ====