metro
Meanings
Noun
- An underground railway.
- A train that runs on such an underground railway.
- An urban rapid transit light railway.
- A train that runs on such a railway.
- a metropolitan area
Adjective
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Origin
- From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ ("mother") + πόλις), 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.
- Abbreviation of metropolitan
Modern English dictionary
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