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minimetropolis

minimetropolis noun: a relatively small metropolis.

Noun

minimetropolis (plural minimetropolises)

  1. A relatively small metropolis.
    • He arrived here 58 years ago and helped transform a onetime cow town into a minimetropolis, a former agricultural college into a prominent university and a football program into a national power.2008 April 20, Mark Viera, “Question of Age Is Getting Old for Paterno”, in New York Times

Forms of minimetropolis

pluralminimetropolises

Origin of minimetropolis

From mini- + metropolis.

Questions about minimetropolis

What does minimetropolis mean?
Minimetropolis means a relatively small metropolis.
What part of speech is minimetropolis?
Minimetropolis is a noun.
What is the plural of minimetropolis?
The plural of minimetropolis is minimetropolises.

Words near minimetropolis in the dictionary

  1. minimaxing
  2. Minimay
  3. Minimbah
  4. miniment
  5. miniments
  6. minimetropolis
  7. minimetropolises
  8. minimi
  9. minimicrophone
  10. minimicrophones
  11. minimifidian

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