minimetropolis

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English

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Etymology

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From mini- +‎ metropolis.

Noun

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minimetropolis (plural minimetropolises)

  1. A relatively small metropolis.
    • 2008 April 20, Mark Viera, “Question of Age Is Getting Old for Paterno”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      He arrived here 58 years ago and helped transform a onetime cow town into a minimetropolis, a former agricultural college into a prominent university and a football program into a national power.
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