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Metro   /mˈɛtrˌoʊ/   Listen
Metro

noun
1.
An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).  Synonyms: subway, subway system, tube, underground.






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"Metro" Quotes from Famous Books



... time to time to use the ternary movements in erudite verse, but these, for the most part, have proven futile. The most serious and the most successful attempt appears in the use of the copla de arte mayor in the fifteenth century. The copla (metro, versos) de arte mayor consists of mingled 12-and 11-syllable lines arranged in strophes of eight lines, each with consonantal rime according to some definite scheme. The arte mayor verse attained to its most perfect form and its greatest popularity ...
— Modern Spanish Lyrics • Various



Words linked to "Metro" :   underground, railway system, railway line, subway, subway system, tube, railroad line, railway, railroad



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