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Word entry · 12 letters

metropolitan

Best crossword clue

"Urban in scope"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aeilmnooprttStarts with MEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. relating to or characteristic of a metropolis

Word origin

From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

Used in a sentence

  • I knovv God by Miracle can inſtruct Kings, as he rained Mannah, and raiſed the Apoſtles from letterless Fiſher-men, to learned Metropolitans, and profound Doctours.
  • She was in love with all the new royal princes and princesses, who entered into family relationship with the imperial family; she had been in love with a metropolitan, with a vicar, and with a priest.
  • Policies relating to the elimination of racial discrimination which obtain in metropolitan New Zealand are applicable in the Tokelau Islands.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Urban in scope12 letters
02Big-city related12 letters

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