The flu struck the metropolitan area.
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Metropolitan
//mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən//
Synonyms for "metropolitan" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (16)
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4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 29 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- mitropolít noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
- mitropolíti noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Arabic
3 entries- مَطْرَان noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
- مُطْرَان noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
- مِطْرَان noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Armenian
1 entries- մետրապոլիտ noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Aromanian
2 entries- mitrupulít noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
- mitrupulítu noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Belarusian
1 entries- мітрапалі́т noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Bulgarian
2 entries- столичен adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- митрополи́т noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Catalan
1 entries- metropolità adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大主教 noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Czech
1 entries- metropolitní adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Danish
1 entries- metropolit noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Esperanto
2 entries- metropolita adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- metropolito noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Finnish
2 entries- suurkaupunkilainen adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- metropoliitta noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
French
2 entries- métropolitain adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- urbain adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Greek
1 entries- μητροπολίτης adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Hindi
1 entries- महानगरीय adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Irish
1 entries- uirbeach adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Italian
2 entries- metropolitano adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- metropolita noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Japanese
1 entries- 都立 adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Latin
1 entries- metropolitanus adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Macedonian
1 entries- митропо́лит noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Malayalam
1 entries- മെത്രാൻ noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Norwegian
1 entries- metropolitt adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Polish
3 entries- metropolitalny adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- stołeczny adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- metropolita noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Portuguese
1 entries- metropolitano adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
Romanian
1 entries- mitropolit noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Russian
4 entries- городско́й adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- столи́чный adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- центра́льный adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- митрополи́т noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Spanish
2 entries- metropolitano adj (pertaining to a metropolis)
- metropolitano noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Swedish
1 entries- metropolit noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Ukrainian
1 entries- митрополи́т noun (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
How high is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building?
Source: tatoeba (279832)
He centered his business on the metropolitan area.
Source: tatoeba (291012)
Currently, it is a situation in which transport links in the metropolitan area have been paralyzed due to the earthquake.
Source: tatoeba (789595)
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