METRO
What does "METRO" mean?
An underground or urban railway system serving a city, also called a subway or underground.
Meanings
- An urban railway system, usually underground, that carries passengers within a city. We took the metro to the museum.
- A large city together with its surrounding suburbs; a metropolitan area. The metro has over five million residents. informal
- Relating to a metropolis or major city. The metro area saw rapid growth.
Did you know?
- The word 'metro' for a subway comes from the Paris Metro, opened in 1900, whose operating company was the 'Chemin de Fer Metropolitain' - 'metropolitan' tracing back to the Greek for 'mother city'.
Word origin
A shortening of 'metropolitan', from Greek 'metropolis' (mother city: 'meter' mother + 'polis' city); the Paris underground railway, the Chemin de Fer Metropolitain, popularized the clipped form.
Remember it
METRO is short for METROpolitan - the railway of the metropolis, the 'mother city' in Greek.
A little poem
Down the tiled throat of the city we pour,
strangers shoulder to shoulder, breathing in time-
then the doors part, and we are no one again.
tercet
What it teaches
A city is best understood from below, where everyone is simply going somewhere.
Quick facts
What does METRO mean?
An underground or urban railway system serving a city, also called a subway or underground.
Is METRO a valid word?
Yes — METRO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is METRO?
METRO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does METRO come from?
A shortening of 'metropolitan', from Greek 'metropolis' (mother city: 'meter' mother + 'polis' city); the Paris underground railway, the Chemin de Fer Metropolitain, popularized the clipped form.
What can METRO teach us?
A city is best understood from below, where everyone is simply going somewhere.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.