Definitions for metropolitan
ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tnmetropoli·tan

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. metropolitan(noun)

   in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

2. metropolitan(adj)

   a person who lives in a metropolis

3. metropolitan(adj)

   relating to or characteristic of a metropolis

   "metropolitan area"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. metropolitan(Noun)

   A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.

2. metropolitan(Noun)

   The inhabitant of a metropolis.

3. metropolitan(Adjective)

   Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.

4. metropolitan(Adjective)

   Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

Origin: From metropolitanus, from μητροπολίτης.

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Metropolitan(adj)

   of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury

2. Metropolitan(adj)

   of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority

3. Metropolitan(noun)

   the superior or presiding bishop of a country or province

4. Metropolitan(noun)

   an archbishop

5. Metropolitan(noun)

   a bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch

Origin: [LL. metropolitanus.]

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1. Metropolitan

   Metropolitan is the debut film by director and screenwriter Whit Stillman. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'metropolitan' in Adjectives Frequency: #707

How to pronounce metropolitan?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of metropolitan in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of metropolitan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of metropolitan in a Sentence

1. Glenn Smith:

   We have now turned every major metropolitan area blue.

2. Cristina Fernandez:

   I ask the national security services and the metropolitan police to solve this horrible crime.

3. Philip Holloway:

   He remains in the Metropolitan Atlanta area and has been questioned by police as have many other people.

4. Carlos Cases:

   The streets of Puerto Rico at the time, especially in the San Juan metropolitan area, were essentially no man's land.

5. Richard Blanco:

   They pushed me as well and they pointed their guns at me, they broke the metropolitan mayor's office glass doors with a sledgehammer.

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