metropolitan

großstädtisch

Eine große Stadt und ihr Umland betreffend.

In einfachem Englisch: Relating to a large city and the surrounding area.

• They live in a metropolitan area.
• The metropolitan region has excellent public transport.
• Housing costs are rising across the metropolitan districts.

Synonyme: urban

Gegenteile: rural

Häufige Wendungen: metropolitan area, metropolitan region, metropolitan population

mutterländisch

Das Hauptgebiet eines Landes betreffend, ohne seine Kolonien oder Überseegebiete.

In einfachem Englisch: Relating to a country’s main territory rather than its colonies or overseas areas.

• The law applies in metropolitan France.
• Goods were sent from the colony to metropolitan ports.
• The metropolitan government controlled trade with its overseas territories.

Häufige Wendungen: metropolitan France, metropolitan territory, metropolitan government

metropolitan

Zur Kirche eines hochrangigen Bischofs oder zu dessen Zuständigkeitsgebiet gehörend.

In einfachem Englisch: Relating to a senior bishop’s church or the area under that bishop’s authority.

• The service took place in the metropolitan cathedral.
• The bishops discussed matters affecting the metropolitan province.
• He held authority over the metropolitan see.

Häufige Wendungen: metropolitan see, metropolitan cathedral, metropolitan province

Metropolit

Hochrangiger christlicher Bischof, der für andere Bischöfe einer Region zuständig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A senior Christian religious leader responsible for other bishops in an area.

• The metropolitan visited the church.
• A new metropolitan was appointed last year.
• The bishops met with their metropolitan.

So benutzt man es: metropolitan of somewhere (He became metropolitan of the province.)

Synonyme: archbishop

Häufige Wendungen: metropolitan of something, orthodox metropolitan, new metropolitan

Großstadtbewohner

Person, die in einer sehr großen Stadt lebt.

In einfachem Englisch: A person who lives in a very large city.

• She was a metropolitan by birth.
• These metropolitans rarely visited the countryside.
• The exhibition attracted fashionable metropolitans from the capital.

Synonyme: city dweller

Häufige Wendungen: wealthy metropolitan, young metropolitan, fashionable metropolitan