Definitions
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
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“City subway”5 letters
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