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English-Thai Dictionary

metropolitan

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ เมืองหลวง kiao-kab-muang-luang

metropolitan

ADJ แห่ง เมืองหลวง เกี่ยวกับ เมืองหลวง เกี่ยวกับ เมือง ใหญ่ เกี่ยวกับ เมือง สำคัญ urban civic rural country village hang-muang-luang

metropolitan

N ผู้อาศัย อยู่ ใน เมือง ใหญ่ คน เมืองหลวง provincial phu-ar-sai-yu-nai-muang-yai

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

METROPOLITAN

a.Belonging to a metropolis, or to the mother church; residing in the chief city.

METROPOLITAN

n.The bishop of the mother church; an archbishop.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METROPOLITAN

Met `ro *pol "i *tan, a. Etym: [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. métropolitain. ]

1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. "Bishops metropolitan. " Sir T. More.

METROPOLITAN

Met `ro *pol "i *tan, n. Etym: [LL. metropolitanus.]

1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.

2. (Lat. Church. )

Defn: An archbishop.

3. (Gr. Church )

Defn: A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.

METROPOLITANATE

METROPOLITANATE Met `ro *pol "i *tan *ate, n.

Defn: The see of a metropolitan bishop. Milman.

New American Oxford Dictionary

metropolitan

met ro pol i tan |ˌmetrəˈpälitn ˈˌmɛtrəˈˌpɑlətn | ▶adjective 1 of, relating to, or denoting a metropolis, often inclusive of its surrounding areas: the Boston metropolitan area. 2 of, relating to, or denoting the parent state of a colony or dependency: metropolitan Spain. 3 Christian Church of, relating to, or denoting a metropolitan or his see: a metropolitan bishop. ▶noun 1 Christian Church a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in particular (in many Orthodox Churches ) one ranking above archbishop and below patriarch. 2 an inhabitant of a metropolis: the sophisticated metropolitan. DERIVATIVES met ro pol i tan ate |-ˈpälitnˌāt |noun metropolitan ( sense 1 of the noun ), met ro pol i tan ism |-ˌpälətnˌizəm |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the ecclesiastical sense ): from late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek mētropolitēs ‘citizen of a mother state, ’ from mētropolis (see metropolis ).

metropolitan county

metro |pol ¦itan county |mɛtrəˈpɒlɪtənˈkaʊnti | ▶noun (in England ) each of six units of local government centred on a large urban area (in existence since 1974, although their councils were abolished in 1986 ).

metropolitan district

metro |pol ¦itan dis |trict ▶noun (in England ) an administrative unit consisting of a town or city and a borough.

metropolitan magistrate

metro |pol ¦itan magis |trate ▶noun (in the UK ) a stipendiary magistrate who sits in petty sessional courts in London.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Met ro pol i tan Mu se um of Art a major museum of art and archaeology in New York City, founded in 1870.

Oxford Dictionary

metropolitan

metro |pol ¦itan |mɛtrəˈpɒlɪt (ə )n | ▶adjective 1 relating to or denoting a metropolis: the Boston metropolitan area. 2 relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony. 3 Christian Church relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see. ▶noun 1 Christian Church a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in particular (in Orthodox Churches ) one ranking above archbishop and below patriarch. 2 an inhabitant of a metropolis: a sophisticated metropolitan. DERIVATIVES metropolitanate noun metropolitan ( sense 1 of the noun ), metropolitanism noun, metropolitical adjective metropolitan ( sense 1 of the noun ) ORIGIN late Middle English (in the ecclesiastical sense ): from late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek mētropolitēs ‘citizen of a mother state ’, from mētropolis (see metropolis ).

metropolitan county

metro |pol ¦itan county |mɛtrəˈpɒlɪtənˈkaʊnti | ▶noun (in England ) each of six units of local government centred on a large urban area (in existence since 1974, although their councils were abolished in 1986 ).

metropolitan district

metro |pol ¦itan dis |trict ▶noun (in England ) an administrative unit consisting of a town or city and a borough.

metropolitan magistrate

metro |pol ¦itan magis |trate ▶noun (in the UK ) a stipendiary magistrate who sits in petty sessional courts in London.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art a museum of art and archaeology in New York, founded in 1870.

Duden Dictionary

metropolitan

me t ro po li tan , me tro po li tan Adjektiv |metropolit a n |dem Metropoliten zustehend

Metropolitan

Me t ro po li tan , Me tro po li tan Substantiv, maskulin , der ® |metrəˈpɔlɪtən |der Metropolitan; Genitiv: des Metropolitans, Plural: die Metropolitans griechisch-lateinisch-englisch im Verkehr zwischen Großstädten eingesetzter komfortabler Geschäftsreisezug mit umfassenden Serviceleistungen

Metropolitankirche

Me t ro po li tan kir che , Me tro po li tan kir che Substantiv, feminin , die |Metropolit a nkirche |Kirche eines Metropoliten

Spanish Dictionary

metropolitano, -na

metropolitano, -na adjetivo 1 De la metrópoli o relacionado con ella :transporte metropolitano .2 Del arzobispo o relacionado con él :documento metropolitano para la pastoral .3 nombre masculino Metro (ferrocarril eléctrico ).4 Obispo que tiene jurisdicción sobre los demás obispos de su provincia, a la vez que ejerce las funciones episcopales en su propia diócesis .SINÓNIMO arzobispo . VÉASE área metropolitana . ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del bajo latín metropolitanus ‘aplicado a la capital, a una ciudad eclesiástica ’, ‘aplicado al obispo ’, derivado de metropolis ‘metrópoli ’. En la acepción ‘ferrocarril subterráneo ’ procede del inglés metropolitan , elisión de metropolitan (railway ) ‘(trenes ) urbanos ’. De la raíz indoeuropea de madre (V.).

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

metropolitan

met ro pol i tan /mètrəpɑ́lət (ə )n |-pɔ́lɪ -/ (! 名詞の前ではm é trop ò litan ) 形容詞比較なし〖名詞の前で〗1 大都市の ; 首都 [主要都市 ]の (｟米くだけて｠metro )▸ a metropolitan area 首都圏 2 (植民地に対して )本国の ; (特に )フランス本国の .3 〘キリスト教〙大司教 [大主教 ](管区 )の .名詞 C 1 〘キリスト教〙大司教 , 大主教 (metropolitan bishop ).2 大都市 [首都 ]の住民 ; 都会人 .～́ c ò unty ｟英｠大都市州〘Greater Manchesterなど1974年に発足した6つの強い自治権を持つ地方自治体; 1986年廃止〙.～́ m à gistrate ｟英｠有給のロンドン市治安判事 .M -̀ Pol í ce 〖the ～〗ロンドン警視庁〘Tokyo M- Policeは日本の「警視庁」〙.