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micropolitans

micropolitans is the plural of micropolitan.

Meaning of micropolitan

Noun

micropolitan (plural micropolitans)

  1. (US) A city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; a city which is less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one.
    • For marketing experts who help companies decide where to expand, the "micropolitans" represent potentially lucrative – and untapped – markets. More than 28 million people, or one in 10 Americans, live in such areas.2004 June 27, Haya El Nasser, “Small-town USA goes ‘micropolitan’”, in USA Today, McLean, Va.: Gannett Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2023

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Questions about micropolitans

What is micropolitans the plural of?
Micropolitans is the plural of micropolitan.

Words near micropolitans in the dictionary

  1. micropolisher
  2. micropolishers
  3. micropolishes
  4. micropolishing
  5. micropolitan
  6. micropolitans
  7. micropolitical
  8. micropolitically
  9. micropolitics
  10. micropollutant
  11. micropollutants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: micropolitans (page history and authors); micropolitan (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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