metropolitan

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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [-tn̩]
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑlɪtən/ of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: [-ɾən] of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: [-ɾn̩] of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/ of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: [-ɾən] of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: [-ɾn̩] of the US
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• Australian: /ˌmetɹəˈpɔlɪtən/
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• Australian: /ˌmetɹəˈpɒlɪtən/
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• Australian: [-ɾən]
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• Australian: [-ɾn̩]
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• rhymes with -ɒlɪtən
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From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مطراني — pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan
• Bulgarian: столичен (stoličen) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Catalan: metropolità — pertaining to a metropolis
• Czech: metropolitní — pertaining to a metropolis
• Esperanto: metropolita — pertaining to a metropolis
• Finnish: suurkaupunkilainen — pertaining to a metropolis
• French: métropolitain — pertaining to a metropolis
• French: urbain — pertaining to a metropolis
• Greek: μητροπολίτης (mitropolítis) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Hindi: महानगरीय (mahānagarīya) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Irish: uirbeach — pertaining to a metropolis
• Italian: metropolitano — pertaining to a metropolis
• Japanese: 都立 (toritsu) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Kazakh: метрополитендік (metropolitendık) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Latin: metropolitanus — pertaining to a metropolis
• Norwegian: metropolitt — pertaining to a metropolis
• Polish: metropolitalny — pertaining to a metropolis
• Polish: stołeczny — pertaining to a metropolis
• Portuguese: metropolitano — pertaining to a metropolis
• Russian: центра́льный (centrálʹnyj) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Russian: столи́чный (stolíčnyj) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Russian: городско́й (gorodskój) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Russian: метрополитенский (metropolitenskij) — pertaining to a metropolis
• Spanish: metropolitano — pertaining to a metropolis
• Albanian: mitropolít — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Albanian: mitropolíti — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Arabic: مُطْرَان (muṭrān) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Arabic: مِطْرَان (miṭrān) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Arabic: مَطْرَان (maṭrān) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Armenian: մետրապոլիտ (metrapolit) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Aromanian: mitrupulít — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Aromanian: mitrupulítu — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Belarusian: мітрапалі́т (mitrapalít) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Bulgarian: митрополи́т (mitropolít) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Chinese Mandarin: 大主教 (dàzhǔjiào) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Czech: metropolita — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Danish: metropolit — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Esperanto: metropolito — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Estonian: metropoliit — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Finnish: metropoliitta — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Georgian: მიტროპოლიტი (miṭroṗoliṭi) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• German: Metropolit — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Greek: μητροπολίτης (mitropolítis) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Hungarian: metropolita — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Italian: metropolita — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Japanese: 府主教 (fushukyō) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Macedonian: митропо́лит (mitropólit) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Malayalam: മെത്രാൻ (metrāṉ) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Iranian Persian: مَطْران (matrân) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Iranian Persian: مِطْران (metrân) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Polish: metropolita — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Romanian: mitropolit — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Russian: митрополи́т (mitropolít) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Serbo-Croatian: метропо̀лӣт — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Serbo-Croatian: митропо̀лӣт — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Serbo-Croatian: metropòlīt — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Serbo-Croatian: mitropòlīt — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Slovak: metropolita — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Slovene: metropolit — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Spanish: metropolitano — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Swedish: metropolit — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Turkish: metropolit — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Ukrainian: митрополи́т (mytropolýt) — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
• Vietnamese: giám mục đô thành — bishop empowered to oversee other bishops