metropolitan

/mˌɛtɹəpˈɒlɪtən/

/ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑɫətən/

metropolitan

pertaining to a large city

Metropolitan

a person who lives in a metropolis

in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

Examples

1. Large metropolitan areas would service all four languages.

2. The New York metropolitan area, however, has 20.3 million people.

3. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has about 13.1 million people.

4. Only one metropolitan area in New Zealand has a population over one million people.