Term Gallery logo

Meanings of metro in English

Wikidata

Regional government agency and metropolitan planning organization in the Oregon portion of the Portland metropolitan area.

        Related terms
        Portuguese
        metrô
        Catalan
        metropolità
        Spanish
        metro

        An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

              metrô
              Usage of metro in English
              1
              The Moscow metro system is used by 9 million people a day.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Bucharest looks bustling and prosperous; a new metro extension is being built.
              The Guardian
              3
              The study looked at data from 320 metro areas across the country.
              Reuters
              4
              The metro areas of Atlanta and Indianapolis ranked second and third, respectively.
              Reuters
              5
              Violent arrests of protesters, many in metro stations, have drawn international attention.
              Reuters
              6
              On Saturday, seven out of 16 Paris metro lines were working normally.
              The Guardian
              7
              I have a lot of areas to look after within the metro.
              The South African
              8
              Murdoch apparently can well afford to subsidize his New York metro ambitions.
              Wired
              9
              The Istanbul municipality said that metro services were halted after the explosion.
              The Guardian
              10
              This will pave the way for the safe opening of metro venues.
              News.com.au
              11
              Of the 28 metro markets, only Washington declined on a yearly basis.
              Reuters
              12
              I have a coffee habit that could finance the new Dublin metro.
              The Irish Times
              13
              They have an extensive metro and long-haul presence in the United Kingdom.
              Reuters
              14
              They might even come up the metro, or tunnel along gas mains.
              The Slab
              15
              What makes their metro economies different from the 300-odd other cities surveyed?
              The Irish Times
              16
              None of the four options covered Auckland and Wellington metro passenger services.
              Radio NZ
              About this term
              More collocations
              Translations for metro
              Metro through the time
              Metro across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common