Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metropolitan county

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
metropoli-tan -coun-ty
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A county-level administrative division that covers a large urban area

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

metropolitan counties (plural)

Phrases

metropolitan borough metropolitan district

Frequently Paired Words

metropolitan borough metropolitan district

Questions

What does metropolitan county mean?
A county-level administrative division that covers a large urban area

How to pronounce metropolitan county

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