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    metropolitan
    /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪt(ə)n/

    adjective

    • 1. relating to or denoting a metropolis or large city: "the Boston metropolitan area"
    • 2. relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony: "metropolitan Spain"

    noun

    • 1. a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in particular (in Orthodox Churches) one ranking above archbishop and below patriarch: "the post of Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina"
    • 2. an inhabitant of a metropolis or large city: "a sophisticated metropolitan"

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