Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metroplex

/mˈɛtɹoʊplˌɛks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: metro-plex
IPA: /mˈɛtɹoʊplˌɛks/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex"
"The collection of small urban centers and the multinucleated metropolitan subcenters is the twenty-first-century metroplex that provides citizens with opportunities to develop different lifestyles in new environmental settings. In the metroplex the new arrivals do not have to abandon their careers or interests."

Etymology

Blend of metropolitan + complex, originally coined as a marketing term for the Dallas–Fort Worth conurbation.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

metroplexes (plural)

Derived Forms

Texaplex

Questions

How do you pronounce metroplex?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛtɹoʊplˌɛks/.
What does metroplex mean?: A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.
Where does metroplex come from?: Blend of metropolitan + complex, originally coined as a marketing term for the Dallas–Fort Worth conurbation.

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