Metroplex
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metroplex is a noun meaning (US, urban studies) A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.
Meaning
(US, urban studies) A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.
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.
Word Forms
- metroplexes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include megapolis, supercity, metropolis, metropole, megacity, megatropolis.
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