minimetropolis

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noun

A relatively small metropolis.

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Meanings

nounminimetropolis (plural minimetropolises)

plural minimetropolises

  1. A relatively small metropolis.

    He arrived here 58 years ago and helped transform a onetime cow town into a minimetropolis, a former agricultural college into a prominent university and a football program into a national power.

    2008 April 20, Mark Viera, “Question of Age Is Getting Old for Paterno”, in New York Times

Origin

From mini- + metropolis.

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Cite this entry
APA

minimetropolis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimetropolis

MLA

“minimetropolis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimetropolis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minimetropolis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimetropolis.

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