metropolitan

²metropolitan

adj

Definition of METROPOLITAN

1

: of or constituting a metropolitan or his see

2

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs

3

: of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony

Examples of METROPOLITAN

1. the greater New York metropolitan area
2. This is one of the best seafood restaurants in metropolitan Los Angeles.

Origin of METROPOLITAN

Middle English, from Late Latin metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with METROPOLITAN

cosmopolitan, Neapolitan