metro

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I've read reports on the net that in fact the metro is a fake, and there are only two stations to it, and the passengers appear only when a tour group visits in order to give the illusion of a fully working system.

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  1. noun A subway system.
  2. adjective Metropolitan: metro Los Angeles.
  3. noun A metropolitan area: "This metro ranks number one in unemployment” (American Demographics).

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  • Summer Weather Safety Week in Missouri lasts until Saturday and, now, so do concerns about our heat wave. has been extended to 7pm Saturday for the metro area and a
  • Families throughout the metro area are invited to explore the city this summer for free with —  The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories
  • For every 100,000 teens in the metro area, 3.7 were fatal crash victims. —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
  • View NewsOK's interactive map to see the locations of current accidents in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metro areas. —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
  • Authorities believe the suspect has participated in other robberies in the metro area within the past month, according to the FBI. —  ABQnews Seeker Front Page
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French métro, short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain, metropolitan (railway), from Late Latin mētropolītānus; see metropolitan.

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  1. An arbitrary detached use of metro-, combining form of meter.
 

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/ˈmɛtroʊ/
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