metropolitan in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.metropolitan [Brit mɛtrəˈpɒlɪt(ə)n, Am ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətn] N

II.metropolitan [Brit mɛtrəˈpɒlɪt(ə)n, Am ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətn] ADJ

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métropolite
metropolitan
métropolitain (métropolitaine) culture, investisseur
from Metropolitan France
métropolitain (métropolitaine) archevêque
metropolitan
métropolitain (métropolitaine)
person from Metropolitan France
métropole
Metropolitan France
travailler en métropole
to work in Metropolitan France
Maghreb
Collectively refers to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in North Africa which have been a major source of immigration to metropolitan France since the 1960s and which were previously French colonial territories.
communauté urbaine ADMIN
metropolitan district ou area
Département
An administrative unit (of which there are 96 in Metropolitan France) based on a division dating from the Revolutionary period. Most are named after rivers or mountains within their border. The main town is the seat of the préfet, and is often called the préfecture. Each département has a number and this appears as the first two digits in postcodes for addresses within the département and as the two-digit number at the end of registration numbers on motor vehicles.

metropolitan in the PONS Dictionary

metropolitan Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the metropolitan police Brit
la police de Londres
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The city and its metropolitan area have four skyscrapers above 100mft 0 and more than 20 skyscrapers between 70mft 0 and 100mft 0.
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In other words, high culture should not be the exclusive preserve of a particular social class or of a metropolitan location.
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In 1992 the competition consisted of five metropolitan teams and one country team.
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The surrounding metropolitan area has roughly 2 million residents.
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The plays were usually performed by traveling troupes and not necessarily by established companies within metropolitan centers.
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