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An area of population usually with a central or core city and surrounding towns or suburbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1911 — Encyclopædia Britannica, "Brisbane" The population of the metropolitan area in 1901 was 119,907; of the city proper, 28,953; of South Brisbane, 25,481.
- 1949 — ', Part IX A (c) Article 243P Definitions "Metropolitan area" means an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area for the purposes of this Part;
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
storbyområde
— area of population
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Finnish:
metropolialue
— area of population
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Hungarian:
metropolisztérség
— area of population
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Hungarian:
nagyvárosi terület
— area of population
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Indonesian:
wllayah kota raya
— area of population
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Indonesian:
kawasan metropolitan
— area of population
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Korean:
도시권
(dosigwon)
— area of population
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Korean:
대도시권
(daedosigwon)
— area of population
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Persian:
منطقه کلانشهری
(mantaqe-ye kalân-šahri)
— area of population
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Polish:
obszar metropolitalny
— area of population
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Portuguese:
área metropolitana
— area of population
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Spanish:
área metropolitana
— area of population
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Swedish:
storstadsområde
— area of population
