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metropolitan city

metropolitan city noun: a large city that is the center of a metropolitan area; a metropolis.

Noun

metropolitan city (plural metropolitan cities)

  1. A large city that is the center of a metropolitan area; a metropolis.
  2. In India, a city at the center of a metropolitan area, which in this context is defined in the Constitution of India as "an area having a population of ten lakhs [one million] or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area for the purposes of this Part". See List of metropolitan areas in India.
  3. In Italy, a special type of province that contains a large city at its core. See Metropolitan cities of Italy for a list.
  4. In South Korea, a particular class of large cities. See Metropolitan cities of South Korea for a list.

metropolitan city meaning in Tamil and Kannada

metropolitan city in Tamil

பெருநகர்

metropolitan city in Kannada

ದೊಡ್ಡೂರು, ಮಹಾನಗರ

Forms of metropolitan city

pluralmetropolitan cities

Questions about metropolitan city

What does metropolitan city mean?
Metropolitan city means a large city that is the center of a metropolitan area; a metropolis.
What is metropolitan city in Tamil?
Metropolitan city in Tamil is பெருநகர். See Metropolitan city meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is metropolitan city?
Metropolitan city is a noun.
What is the plural of metropolitan city?
The plural of metropolitan city is metropolitan cities.

Words near metropolitan city in the dictionary

  1. metropolitan bishop
  2. metropolitan bishops
  3. metropolitan borough
  4. metropolitan boroughs
  5. metropolitan cities
  6. metropolitan city
  7. metropolitan core
  8. metropolitan cores
  9. metropolitan counties
  10. metropolitan county
  11. metropolitan elite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metropolitan city (page history and authors); metropolitan city (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); metropolitan city (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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