metropolitan core

noun

Synonym of central city (“the main city of a metropolitan area; particularly one containing multiple cities”).

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central city
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Meanings

nounmetropolitan core (plural metropolitan cores)

plural metropolitan cores

  1. Synonym of central city (“the main city of a metropolitan area; particularly one containing multiple cities”).

    Synonyms: central city

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see metropolitan, core.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of central city (“the main city of a metropolitan area; particularly one containing multiple cities”).

Similar
central city
Also see
central city

Origin

From metropolitan + core.

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APA

metropolitan core. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metropolitan%20core

MLA

“metropolitan core.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metropolitan%20core. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metropolitan core,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metropolitan%20core.

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