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metro

Best crossword clue

"City subway"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted emortStarts with MEnds with O1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

Word origin

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.

Used in a sentence

  • He is going to the stadium by metro.
  • Recalling that Davide Lungo returned the van at the airport, Pizo descended the nearby stairs to the underground metro, and boarded the next metro stopping there.
  • I hurry to the underground. ... I am waiting for the next metro; I'll take it.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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