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met·ro 1  (mtr)
n. pl. met·ros
A subway system.
[French métro, short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain, metropolitan (railway), from Late Latin mtropoltnus; see metropolitan.]
metro
Noun
pl -ros an urban, usually underground, railway system in certain cities, such as Paris [French, from chemin de fer métropolitain metropolitan railway]
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Noun1.metrometro - an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
subway, subway system, underground, tube
railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
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metro [ˈmetrəu] n → métro m
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