metropolitan

metropolitano

Relativo a una grande città e alla zona circostante.

In inglese semplice: Relating to a large city and the surrounding area.

• They live in a metropolitan area.
• The metropolitan region has excellent public transport.
• Housing costs are rising across the metropolitan districts.

Sinonimi: urban

Contrari: rural

Espressioni comuni: metropolitan area, metropolitan region, metropolitan population

metropolitano

Relativo al territorio principale di un paese, escluse le colonie o le zone d’oltremare.

In inglese semplice: Relating to a country’s main territory rather than its colonies or overseas areas.

• The law applies in metropolitan France.
• Goods were sent from the colony to metropolitan ports.
• The metropolitan government controlled trade with its overseas territories.

Espressioni comuni: metropolitan France, metropolitan territory, metropolitan government

metropolitano

Relativo alla chiesa di un vescovo superiore o al territorio sotto la sua autorità.

In inglese semplice: Relating to a senior bishop’s church or the area under that bishop’s authority.

• The service took place in the metropolitan cathedral.
• The bishops discussed matters affecting the metropolitan province.
• He held authority over the metropolitan see.

Espressioni comuni: metropolitan see, metropolitan cathedral, metropolitan province

metropolita

Vescovo di alto rango responsabile degli altri vescovi di una regione.

In inglese semplice: A senior Christian religious leader responsible for other bishops in an area.

• The metropolitan visited the church.
• A new metropolitan was appointed last year.
• The bishops met with their metropolitan.

Come si usa: metropolitan of somewhere (He became metropolitan of the province.)

Sinonimi: archbishop

Espressioni comuni: metropolitan of something, orthodox metropolitan, new metropolitan

abitante di una metropoli

Persona che vive in una città molto grande.

In inglese semplice: A person who lives in a very large city.

• She was a metropolitan by birth.
• These metropolitans rarely visited the countryside.
• The exhibition attracted fashionable metropolitans from the capital.

Sinonimi: city dweller

Espressioni comuni: wealthy metropolitan, young metropolitan, fashionable metropolitan