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a large and important town

metropolitan

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Cases of word usage

1) a Christian clergyman of high rank who organizes the work of the Church in a city or district (bishop)

2) a law or regulation made by a local authority (e.g. a city council or railway company) (bylaw)

3) a town or city where the government of a country, state or county is carried on (capital)

4) a written statement of rights, permission, especially from a ruler or government (e.g. to a town, city or university) (charter)

5) the study of city government, the rights and duties of citizens etc (civics)

6) to rule (a country, city etc) (govern)

7) an incorrect use of a word that is similar to another one, such as 'a city with many aversions' (for diversions) (malapropism)

8) a head of a city or town council (mayor)

9) a chief city of a country; capital city (which is more usual) (metropolis)

10) of a capital city; a person who lives in a large city (often suggesting that he or she is therefore experienced in the energy and variety of city life) (metropolitan)

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