metropolitan
adj.adj. relating to a very large city and the busy areas around it. You use this to describe things that belong to a major urban center rather than the countryside.
adj. relating to or denoting a metropolis or its surrounding densely populated areas. Often used in administrative contexts to describe the governance or infrastructure of a major city.
The metropolitan area has a very efficient public transport system.
Commuters from the surrounding suburbs rely on the metropolitan train network to reach their offices in the city center.
Urban planners must balance the needs of the metropolitan core with those of the expanding periphery to ensure sustainable growth across the entire region.
From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).
Typically placed before the noun it modifies. When used as a noun, it can refer to a high-ranking bishop in certain Christian churches, though the adjective sense is far more common.