premetro

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noun

A suburban-urban tramway or light rail system partially built with subway standard but not fully converted to subway.

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Meanings

nounpremetro (plural premetros)

plural premetros · alternative pre-metro

  1. rail transportA suburban-urban tramway or light rail system partially built with subway standard but not fully converted to subway.

Origin

From pre- + metro.

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Translations

Esperanto subsurfaca tramo
  • subsurfaca tramotramway or light rail system
French prémétro
  • prémétrotramway or light rail system
German Premetro
  • Premetrotramway or light rail system
Hungarian premetró
  • premetrótramway or light rail system
Polish premetro
  • premetrotramway or light rail system
Portuguese pré-metro, pré-metrô
  • pré-metrotramway or light rail system
  • pré-metrôtramway or light rail system
Romanian premetrou
  • premetroutramway or light rail system
Spanish premetro
  • premetrotramway or light rail system
Swedish premetro
  • premetrotramway or light rail system
Cite this entry
APA

premetro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premetro

MLA

“premetro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premetro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premetro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premetro.

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