Metropolitan - English meaning

Metropolitan – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Relating to or denoting a metropolis or large city.
Usage examples:
The boston metropolitan area
adjective
Relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony.
Usage examples:
Metropolitan spain
adjective
Relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see.
Usage examples:
A metropolitan bishop

noun
A bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in particular (in orthodox churches) one ranking above archbishop and below patriarch.
Usage examples:
The post of metropolitan of moldavia and bucovina
noun
An inhabitant of a metropolis or large city.
Usage examples:
A sophisticated metropolitan

adjective
Of or in a large city
Usage examples:
The boston metropolitan area, the metropolitan museum of art

Metropolitan translation into English

Metropolitan: translate from English into Chinese

大都会, 宗主, 大都市的, 首都的, 大都市的居民, 首都的居民

Metropolitan: translate from English into Dutch

Grootstedelijke, Metropolitaans, Metropoliet, Aartsbisschop, Van de hoofdstad, Van de wereldstad, Tot hoofdstad behorend, Aartsbisschoppelijk, Bewoner van hoofdstad

Metropolitan: translate from English into French

Métropolitain

Metropolitan: translate from English into German

Metropolitan-, Metropolit, Hauptstädtisch, Großstädter, Weltstädtisch, Die hauptstadt, Weltoffen, Hauptstädter, Weltbürger, Erz-, Diözesan-

Metropolitan: translate from English into Hindi

महानगर, राजधानी का, राजधानी-संबंधी

Metropolitan: translate from English into Italian

Metropolitano, Metropolita, Abitante di una metropoli

Metropolitan: translate from English into Korean

대주교, 수도의, 대주교 관구의, 대감독 관구의, 특히 프랑스에 대하여 모국의, 모국의, 모국인, 대도시의 시민

Metropolitan: translate from English into Russian

Столичный, Митрополит, Архиепископ, Житель столицы, Относящийся к метрополии, Относящийся к митрополиту, Житель метрополии

Metropolitan: translate from English into Spanish

Metropolitano

Word origin

late Middle English (in the ecclesiastical sense): from late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek mētropolitēs ‘citizen of a mother state’, from mētropolis (see metropolis).

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Metropolitan – similar words

metropolitanize

verb
(usually in passive). to make metropolitan in character; to give (a person) the manners, outlook, etc., of a city dweller; to urbanize (a place).

Metropolitanize - all meanings in English

metropolitanate

noun
The position, office, or province of a metropolitan bishop.
Usage examples:
An encyclical letter to all the territories in his metropolitanate

Metropolitanate - all meanings in English

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