The word metro means

Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:

GeographyEdit

• Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
• A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center

Public transportEdit

• Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency
• The public transport operator of city or metropolitan area
• The transport authority of city or metropolitan area
• The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area

Rail systemsEdit

AfricaEdit

• Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria
• Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt

AsiaEdit

• Dhaka Metro, Bangladesh
• Dubai Metro, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)
• Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, Taiwan
• Lahore Metro, Pakistan
• Manila Metro Rail Transit System, the Philippines
• New Taipei Metro, Taiwan
• Osaka Metro, Japan
• Taichung Metro, Taiwan
• Taipei Metro, Taiwan
• Taoyuan Metro, Taiwan
• Tokyo Metro, Japan

China (People’s Republic of)Edit

• Shanghai Metro, in Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu
• Guangzhou Metro
• Changsha Metro
• Changzhou Metro
• Dalian Metro
• Foshan Metro
• Fuzhou Metro
• Guiyang Metro
• Hangzhou Metro
• Harbin Metro
• Hefei Metro
• Hohhot Metro
• Jinan Metro
• Kunming Metro
• Lanzhou Metro
• Nanchang Metro
• Nanjing Metro
• Nanning Metro
• Qingdao Metro
• Shenyang Metro
• Shenzhen Metro
• Shijiazhuang Metro
• Tianjin Metro
• Ürümqi Metro
• Wenzhou Metro
• Wuhan Metro
• Wuxi Metro
• Xi’an Metro, in Xi’an and Xianyang
• Xiamen Metro
• Xuzhou Metro
• Zhengzhou Metro

IndiaEdit

• Chennai Metro
• Delhi Metro
• Kolkata Metro
• Mumbai Metro
• Hyderabad Metro
• Kochi Metro
• Nagpur Metro
• Lucknow Metro
• Noida Metro
• Namma Metro
• Rapid Metro Gurgaon
• Jaipur Metro
• Ahmedabad Metro
• Kanpur Metro
• Pune Metro

IranEdit

• Tehran Metro
• Mashhad Metro
• Shiraz Metro
• Tabriz Metro
• Esfahan Metro

EuropeEdit

• Amsterdam Metro, Netherlands
• Athens Metro, Greece
• Brussels Metro, Belgium
• Bucharest Metro, Romania
• Copenhagen Metro, Denmark
• Helsinki Metro, Finland
• Istanbul Metro, Turkey
• Kyiv Metro, Ukraine
• Madrid Metro, Spain
• Milan Metro, Italy
• Moscow Metro, Russia
• Oslo Metro, Norway
• Paris Métro, France
• Prague Metro, Czech Republic
• Rotterdam Metro, Netherlands
• Saint Petersburg Metro, Russia
• Sofia Metro, Bulgaria
• Thessaloniki Metro, Greece
• Warsaw Metro, Poland

United KingdomEdit

• West Midlands Metro, light rail tram system between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, England
• Tyne and Wear Metro, light rail system, North East England

North America (outside the United States)Edit

• Mexico City Metro, in Mexico
• Monterrey Metro, in Nuevo León, Mexico
• Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• SkyTrain (Vancouver), automated light metro in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Toronto Transit Commission, heavy rail rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

United StatesEdit

• Metro (Minnesota)
• METRORail, a light rail system in Houston
• Muni Metro, light rail system, San Francisco, California
• Valley Metro Rail, mainly in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, Arizona
• Washington Metro, heavy rail rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs
• Los Angeles Metro, a rail/bus transit system in Los Angeles, California
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority, heavy rail rapid transit in New York City

OceaniaEdit

• Metro Trains Melbourne, in Australia
• Metro Tunnel, a metropolitan rail infrastructure project currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia
• Metro Transport Sydney, the former operator of Sydney Light Rail and Sydney Monorail
• Sydney Metro, in Sydney, Australia
• Tranz Metro, commuter rail operator, Wellington, New Zealand

South AmericaEdit

• Caracas Metro, is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela
• Guarenas / Guatire Metro, Venezuela
• Lima Metro, Lima, Peru
• Los Teques Metro, Venezuela
• Maracaibo Metro, Venezuela
• Valencia Metro (Venezuela)
• Medellin Metro, Medellin, Columbia
• Metrovia, Ecuador
• Panama Metro, Panama City, Panama
• Belo Horizonte Metro, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
• Federal District Metro, Federal District, Brazil
• Fortaleza Metro, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
• Porto Alegre Metro, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
• Recife Metro, Recife, PE, Brazil
• Rio de Janeiro Metro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
• Salvador Metro, Salvador, BA, Brazil
• São Paulo Metro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
• Teresina Metro, Teresina, PI, Brazil
• Metro de Santiago, the second largest in South America, serving Santiago, Chile

Edit

• Metrobus (disambiguation), several bus operators

AsiaEdit

• MetroMini, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Lahore Metrobus, Pakistan

EuropeEdit

• Metro (Belfast), bus services, Northern Ireland
• Metrobus (Istanbul), Turkey]
• West Yorkshire Metro or MetroTrain, England

North AmericaEdit

• Metro Transit (disambiguation), several North American bus services
• Metro (Cincinnati)
• Greater Portland Metro Bus, Maine
• King County Metro, Seattle, Washington
• Madison Metro, Wisconsin
• the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, public transit system branded as «Metro»
• Mountain Metropolitan Transit, Colorado Springs, Colorado

OceaniaEdit

• Brisbane Metro, a rapid transit network of high-capacity, fully electric, bi-articulated buses, Australia
• Metro (Christchurch), co-ordinated public transport, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Metro Tasmania, a state-owned bus company

AirportsEdit

• Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Michigan, United States
• Metro International Airlines, a charter and scheduled passenger subsidiary of the defunct Flying Tiger Line

EducationEdit

• Metro Academic and Classical High School, St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
• Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Media and entertainmentEdit

BroadcastingEdit

• Metro Broadcast Corporation, with a variety of Hong Kong‑based Metro‑branded radio stations
• Metro FM, a national radio station, South Africa
• Metro Radio, a radio station, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England
• Metro TV (disambiguation), several television stations
• Metro 14, on air name of CJNT-DT, a television station, Montreal, Quebec
• Radio Metro, a radio station, Argentina
• Metro (Poland), a Polish television channel

FilmEdit

• Metro (1997 film), starring Eddie Murphy
• Metro (2007 film)
• Metro (2013 film), Russian film
• Metro (2016 film), a Tamil language film
• The Metro (film), a 2011 Malayalam-language film
• Metro Pictures, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s predecessor companies

MusicEdit

ArtistsEdit

• Metro (Hungarian band)
• Metro (British band), active 1976–1980
• Metro (Serbian band), active 1981–1985; 1994–1997
• Metrô (band), Brazilian new wave band active 1978–1988; 2002–2004; 2014; 2015–present
• Metro Boomin (born 1993), American songwriter, known simply as Metro
• The Metros, an English indie band active 2006–2009

Titled worksEdit

• Metro (album), 1977 self-titled album by the British band
• Metro (musical), a 1991 Polish musical
• «The Metro» (song), a 1983 single by Berlin
• «Metro», a 2006 song by The Vincent Black Shadow
• «Metro», a song by Tokyo Jihen from the 2007 album Variety

VenuesEdit

• Metro Chicago, a music venue, Chicago, United States
• The Metro Theatre, a music venue, Sydney, Australia
• Metro Nightclub, the former name of the Palace theatre, Melbourne, Australia

PeriodicalsEdit

MagazinesEdit

• Metro (magazine), New Zealand lifestyle magazine
• Metro Magazine, for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators
• Metro Weekly, a free weekly magazine-style publication for the LGBT community of Washington, D.C.

NewspapersEdit

• Harian Metro, Malaysia
• Metro (Belgian newspaper)
• Metro (British newspaper)
• Metro (Dutch newspaper)
• Metro (Italian newspaper)
• Metro (Swedish newspaper)
• Métro (Montreal newspaper), a French-language free newspaper
• Metro (Philadelphia newspaper)
• AM New York Metro
• Metro Daily, Hong Kong newspaper
• Metro Santa Cruz, former name of a newspaper in Santa Cruz, California, renamed the Santa Cruz Weekly
• Metro Silicon Valley, a newspaper in San Jose, California
• StarMetro (newspaper), a chain of Canadian free newspapers (formerly called Metro until April 2018)
• Zimbabwe Metro

Media CompaniesEdit

• Metro International, a Swedish media company
• Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California

OthersEdit

• Metro (franchise), a multimedia sci-fi franchise created by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, including:

Books

• Metro 2033 (novel) (2005)
• Metro 2034 (2009)
• Metro 2035 (2015)

Video games

• Metro 2033 (2010)
• Metro: Last Light (2013)
• Metro Exodus (2019)

• Metro (novel), 1933 novel by Vladimir Varankin
• Metro (typeface)

Board games

• Metro, a 2000 board game

BusinessEdit

• Metro (department store), a chain based in Singapore
• Metro (supermarket, Greece)
• Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), a real estate and property management company
• Metro AG, Germany’s largest retailer
• MetroCentre (shopping centre), indoor shopping mall, Gateshead, England, UK
• Metro Cash and Carry, a hypermarket chain owned by Metro AG
• METRO Foods Trading, Cyprus
• Metro Inc., a Canadian supermarket chain
• Metro (restaurant chain), an Icelandic fast food chain
• Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), a non-profit organization
• Metro by T-Mobile, a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States
• Metro Retail Stores Group, a retail company based in Mandaue, Philippines

SportsEdit

• Metro (wrestler), a Mexican masked luchador
• Metro Conference, a defunct NCAA Division I athletic conference
• Metro FC (New Zealand), association football club based in Auckland
• Metro Region, a Little League World Series United States region

TechnologyEdit

For vehicles, see § Vehicles.

• Metro (design language), developed by Microsoft for interfaces
• Eclipse Metro, an open source web service stack that is part of Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J)
• Metro Ethernet, an Ethernet-based computer network that covers a metropolitan area
• Metro, former code name of the XML Paper Specification, Microsoft’s document framework

VehiclesEdit

AircraftEdit

• Fairchild Metro, a commuter airliner

AutomobilesEdit

• Austin Metro, a British supermini hatchback, also called MG Metro
• Geo Metro, an American subcompact car, later called Chevrolet Metro
• International Metro Van, an American step van

Other usesEdit

• El Metro 4, a Mexican high-ranking drug trafficker
• Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa, Mexican drug lord nicknamed Metro 2
• Samuel Flores Borrego (1972–2011), Mexican drug lord nicknamed Metro 3
• Metro (Oregon regional government)
• Metro Vancouver Regional District
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

See alsoEdit

• Metropolitan (disambiguation)
• Metropolis (disambiguation)
• Metropol (disambiguation)
• Metrorail (disambiguation)
• Metro line (disambiguation)
• Metroliner (disambiguation)
• Metro City (disambiguation)
• Dmytro, a Ukrainian name of which «Metro» is a nickname
• All pages with titles beginning with Metro
• All pages with titles containing Metro

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɹəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɹəʊ

Etymology 1[edit]

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), 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.

Alternative forms[edit]

• métro

Noun[edit]

metro (plural metros)

1. (general) A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.

   Synonyms: (US, Canada, Scotland, South Africa) subway, (London) underground, underground railway, (London slang) Tube, tube

   • 2000, Frederick Parkins, The NATO Opposition, →ISBN, page 27:

     Recalling that Davide Lungo returned the van at the airport, Pizo descended the nearby stairs to the underground metro, and boarded the next metro stopping there.

   • 2014, Lily Sergueiew, I Worked Alone: Diary of a Double Agent in World War II Europe, →ISBN:

     I hurry to the underground. … I am waiting for the next metro; I’ll take it.

   • 2017, Pam Taylor, 399 Days: Our European Escapade, →ISBN:

     What we entered into here was well lit and had clean silver curvy walls that ended in nice automatic elevators that took you underground. The walls are not infested with graffiti and advertisements; they were clean and shiny. We waited on nice benches until the metro arrived.

2. (less common) An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems.

   • 2006, C. A. Brebbia, V. Dolezel, Urban Transport XII: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, page 227:

     Informs how long the passenger has to wait for the next metro

   • 2008, Brandon Wilson, Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace, →ISBN, page 75:

     With the weather clear and warm for a change, I decided to catch the next metro to the outskirts of town by myself.

   • 2015, Pratyush Sinha, Love in Metro: Story of Love and Ego, →ISBN:

     I boarded the Yellow Line Metro, beaming with confidence. I got down at Rajiv Chowk to continue my journey towards Noida City Centre (NCC). The next metro arrived.

Derived terms[edit]

• metroisation
• premetro

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of metropolitan.

Noun[edit]

metro (plural metros)

1. A metropolitan area.

   • 2019 August 12, Derek Thompson, “America’s Hot New Job Is Being a Rich Person’s Servant”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     In an age of persistently high inequality, work in high-cost metros catering to the whims of the wealthy—grooming them, stretching them, feeding them, driving them—has become one of the fastest-growing industries.

Adjective[edit]

metro (comparative more metro, superlative most metro)

1. metropolitan

[edit]

• metrosexual

Anagrams[edit]

• Moret, Tomer, Tormé

Aragonese[edit]

Noun[edit]

metro m

1. metre

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of metropolità.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tɾu/

Noun[edit]

metro m (plural metros)

1. metro (train)

Further reading[edit]

• “metro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

metro

1. metro, underground railway.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtro]

Noun[edit]

metro n

1. metro, subway (underground railway)

Declension[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French métro, from métropolitain in chemin de fer métropolitain.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.troː/
• Hyphenation: me‧tro

Noun[edit]

metro m (plural metro’s, diminutive metrootje n)

1. An underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro.
2. An underground-railway train.

Derived terms[edit]

• metrobaan
• metrohalte
• metrokaart
• metrolijn
• metrospoor
• metrostation
• metrotunnel
• metrowagon

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetro/
• Rhymes: -etro

Noun[edit]

metro (accusative singular metron, plural metroj, accusative plural metrojn)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French métro.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetro/, [ˈme̞t̪ro̞]
• Rhymes: -etro
• Syllabification^(key): met‧ro

Noun[edit]

metro

1. an underground, a subway, a Tube or a metro

   Synonym: maanalainen

Declension[edit]

Inflection of metro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative	metro	metrot
genitive	metron	metrojen
partitive	metroa	metroja
illative	metroon	metroihin
	singular	plural
nominative	metro	metrot
accusative	nom.	metro	metrot
gen.	metron
genitive	metron	metrojen
partitive	metroa	metroja
inessive	metrossa	metroissa
elative	metrosta	metroista
illative	metroon	metroihin
adessive	metrolla	metroilla
ablative	metrolta	metroilta
allative	metrolle	metroille
essive	metrona	metroina
translative	metroksi	metroiksi
instructive	—	metroin
abessive	metrotta	metroitta
comitative	See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of metro (type valo)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative metroni metroni accusative nom. metroni metroni gen. metroni genitive metroni metrojeni partitive metroani metrojani inessive metrossani metroissani elative metrostani metroistani illative metrooni metroihini adessive metrollani metroillani ablative metroltani metroiltani allative metrolleni metroilleni essive metronani metroinani translative metrokseni metroikseni instructive — — abessive metrottani metroittani comitative — metroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative metrosi metrosi accusative nom. metrosi metrosi gen. metrosi genitive metrosi metrojesi partitive metroasi metrojasi inessive metrossasi metroissasi elative metrostasi metroistasi illative metroosi metroihisi adessive metrollasi metroillasi ablative metroltasi metroiltasi allative metrollesi metroillesi essive metronasi metroinasi translative metroksesi metroiksesi instructive — — abessive metrottasi metroittasi comitative — metroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative metromme metromme accusative nom. metromme metromme gen. metromme genitive metromme metrojemme partitive metroamme metrojamme inessive metrossamme metroissamme elative metrostamme metroistamme illative metroomme metroihimme adessive metrollamme metroillamme ablative metroltamme metroiltamme allative metrollemme metroillemme essive metronamme metroinamme translative metroksemme metroiksemme instructive — — abessive metrottamme metroittamme comitative — metroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative metronne metronne accusative nom. metronne metronne gen. metronne genitive metronne metrojenne partitive metroanne metrojanne inessive metrossanne metroissanne elative metrostanne metroistanne illative metroonne metroihinne adessive metrollanne metroillanne ablative metroltanne metroiltanne allative metrollenne metroillenne essive metronanne metroinanne translative metroksenne metroiksenne instructive — — abessive metrottanne metroittanne comitative — metroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative metronsa metronsa accusative nom. metronsa metronsa gen. metronsa genitive metronsa metrojensa partitive metroaan metroansa metrojaan metrojansa inessive metrossaan metrossansa metroissaan metroissansa elative metrostaan metrostansa metroistaan metroistansa illative metroonsa metroihinsa adessive metrollaan metrollansa metroillaan metroillansa ablative metroltaan metroltansa metroiltaan metroiltansa allative metrolleen metrollensa metroilleen metroillensa essive metronaan metronansa metroinaan metroinansa translative metrokseen metroksensa metroikseen metroiksensa instructive — — abessive metrottaan metrottansa metroittaan metroittansa comitative — metroineen metroinensa

Anagrams[edit]

• termo-

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetro/

Noun[edit]

metro (plural metri)

1. metre (unit of measurement)
2. metrum of poetry

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.tro/
• Rhymes: -ɛtro
• Hyphenation: mè‧tro

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin metrum (“a measure”), from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).

Noun[edit]

metro m (plural metri)

1. (unit of measure) metre, meter
2. ruler, ruler, measure
3. yardstick, criterion

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of metropolitana.

Noun[edit]

metro f (invariable)

1. subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)

   Synonym: metrò

Anagrams[edit]

• merto, morte, termo-, torme, tremo, tremò

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

metrō

1. dative/ablative singular of metrum

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French métro, clipping of métropolitain, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtrɔ
• Syllabification: met‧ro

Noun[edit]

metro n

1. underground, subway, metro (underground railway)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• metro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• metro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: me‧tro

Etymology 1[edit]

From French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Noun[edit]

metro m (plural metros)

1. (measure) metre

Coordinate terms[edit]

• vara (historical Portuguese equivalent), jarda (American equivalent)

Derived terms[edit]

• metragem

Descendants[edit]

• → Kadiwéu: meetilo

Etymology 2[edit]

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain.

Alternative forms[edit]

• metrô (Brazilian)

Noun[edit]

metro m (plural metros)

1. (Portugal) underground, subway

   Synonym: metropolitano

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

metro n (plural metrouri)

1. Alternative form of metrou

Declension[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

mètrō m (Cyrillic spelling мѐтро̄)

1. metro

Declension[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French métro.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtrɔ/

Noun[edit]

metro n (genitive singular metra, nominative plural metrá, genitive plural metier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. metro

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• metro in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetɾo/ [ˈme.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -etɾo
• Syllabification: me‧tro

Etymology 1[edit]

From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Noun[edit]

metro m (plural metros)

1. (measure) meter
2. (measuring instruments) tape measure, measuring tape

   Synonym: cinta métrica

3. (measuring instruments) folding rule

   Synonym: metro plegable

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (unit of length): vara (historical Spanish equivalent)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → Tagalog: metro

Etymology 2[edit]

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Noun[edit]

metro m (plural metros)

1. (transport) metro

   Synonym: (Argentina) subte

Further reading[edit]

• “metro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams[edit]

• Moret, temor, termo, Torme, tremo

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish metro.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: met‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈmetɾo/, [ˈmet.ɾo]

Noun[edit]

metro

1. (units of measure) meter
2. (measuring instrument) meter

   Synonym: kontador

3. (by extension) taximeter
4. (by extension) tape measure, measuring tape

See also[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From French métro.

Noun[edit]

metro (definite accusative metroyu, plural metrolar)

1. subway

Etymology 2[edit]

From Italian metro.

Noun[edit]

metro (definite accusative metroyu, plural metrolar)

1. meter, metre

References[edit]

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “metro”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

metro

1. metro (underground railway)

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of metro (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	metro
genitive sing.	metron
partitive sing.	metrod
partitive plur.	metroid
	singular	plural
nominative	metro	metrod
accusative	metron	metrod
genitive	metron	metroiden
partitive	metrod	metroid
essive-instructive	metron	metroin
translative	metroks	metroikš
inessive	metros	metroiš
elative	metrospäi	metroišpäi
illative	metroho	metroihe
adessive	metrol	metroil
ablative	metrolpäi	metroilpäi
allative	metrole	metroile
abessive	metrota	metroita
comitative	metronke	metroidenke
prolative	metrodme	metroidme
approximative I	metronno	metroidenno
approximative II	metronnoks	metroidennoks
egressive	metronnopäi	metroidennopäi
terminative I	metrohosai	metroihesai
terminative II	metrolesai	metroilesai
terminative III	metrossai	—
additive I	metrohopäi	metroihepäi
additive II	metrolepäi	metroilepäi

References[edit]

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “метро”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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«The term metro is perhaps used loosely,» Skryja said. ❋ By Matt Welch Sierra Sun (2010)

The place to get sushi in the metro is actually Ichiban Sushi at 11809 College Blvd Overland Park, KS 66210. ❋ Unknown (2007)

«It’s kind of the last area in what we call the metro area that doesn’t have a facility like that close by,» Wallace said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We have a growing coyote problem here in metro Atlanta – of all places. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Eugie Foster calls home a mildly haunted, fey-infested house in metro Atlanta that she shares with her husband, Matthew, and her pet skunk, Hobkin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

WASHINGTON (AP, BY ALAN ZIBEL) — Home prices are weakening around the country, even in metro areas that were showing strength earlier in the year. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

I was impressed with the program, but it isn’t available in metro Atlanta. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But in metro Washington, the Redskins can count on the support of only 56 percent of voters. ❋ Dan Steinberg (2010)

A smart — city — of 680,000 and a million metro is a good place to start. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Things are even worse in metro-areas, which are cobbled together from what used to many geographically smaller markets. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My nearest metro is seven blocks away, followed by a trip down to Gallery Place and a transfer to reach Constitution Square. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For anyone in metro areas with large Mexican populations, glass bottle pepsi or coke will be made with real sugar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well … I remember as a sprog err … student officer 20-ish years ago, being on the New Years Eve van in metro city … I had more kisses from lovely young girls (of course I was closer to their age then) on that night than I did in the following year. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

WASHINGTON (AP, BY ALAN ZIBEL) — Home prices are weakening around the country, even in metro areas that were showing strength earlier in the year …. ❋ Nicole Hardesty (2010)

And yet to hear many people tell it, Radosta — whose home in metro Atlanta is scheduled for foreclosure by Bank of America — is making out like a bandit because there’s a possibility he might get a loan modification. ❋ Michelle Singletary (2010)

Colliers International Philippines cited SM Development as the largest re sidential developer in metro Manila for the first half in 2010, with 18% market share. ❋ Unknown (2010)

John [looked] very metro with that [styled] hair and [pink shirt]. ❋ Falkinor (2004)

[Who are you]? [Bi], [gay] or metro? ❋ Dildo777 (2018)

That guys looks so metro with that [salmon] [colored] [shirt] on. ❋ Ryan Senters (2003)

being metro is [fukin] [mint]. ❋ Mint-Metro (2005)

Take [Metro] from Franconia-Springfield to [Smithsonian], and then meet me by the Natural History [Museum]. ❋ Ben Schumin (2003)

[Call me] on my [Metro] if you still want those kilos [homeboy]. ❋ Wood Dawger (2005)

Metro [juss] caught [ol’ boy] [slippin] downtown. ❋ KF337 (2011)

1. He’s a metro.
2. Take [the metro] [line] 1 to the [airport]. ❋ Udusers1 (2010)

[Bill] [Stasney] is [sooooo] metro. ❋ Josh (2005)

bogan1: Do ya like my new pink [polo shirt]? It works a treat with the ladies.
bogan2: Isn’t that the one you wore all week?
bogan1: I’ll just spray some [deoderant] on it. How metro is that?
bogan2: What time are the chicks coming round?
bogan1: Hour or so.
bogan2: Well I’m done getting ready, lets go kick the footy till they [rock up].
bogan1: sweet ❋ DoctorOfPuppets (2006)