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Definition of Metro

1. Noun. An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city). "In Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

Definition of Metro

1. Noun. An underground railway. ¹

2. Noun. A train that runs on such an underground railway. ¹

3. Noun. An urban rapid transit light railway ¹

4. Noun. A train that runs on such a railway. ¹

5. Noun. A metropolitan area. ¹

6. Adjective. Metropolitan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metro

1. a subway [n -ROS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metro

Literary usage of Metro

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paris by Peter Eckerlin, Elke Pastre (2001)
"01 53 36 86 86, fax 01 38 32 86, metro: Oberkampf. Clean rooms. ... 01 44 75 76 76, metro: Gare de Lyon. Station restaurant preserved in the original style ..."

2. Mental Health, United States, 1996 edited by Ronald W. Manderscheid, Mary A. Sonnenschein (1998)
"... urbanization, and trade area type of counties: 1983 Trade Areas Major metro § Medium metro Small metro More Urbanized Nonmet Less Urbanized Nonmet Urban ..."

3. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"IN A STATION OF THE metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. Louis Untermeyer Louis Untermeyer was born October i, ..."

4. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"IN A STATION OF THE metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. Louis Untermeyer Louis Untermeyer was born October 1, ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... so that at present the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem alone possesses this institution. politan of Dará liad three suffragans, while the metro ..."

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