metro

n., pl., met·ros.
A subway system.

[French métro, short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain, metropolitan (railway), from Late Latin mētropolītānus. See metropolitan.]

met·ro² (mĕt'rō) Informal.
adj.
Metropolitan: metro Los Angeles.

n., pl., met·ros.
A metropolitan area: "This metro ranks number one in unemployment" (American Demographics).

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: electric underground railway
  Synonyms: subway, tube, underground

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - metro, undergrundsbane

2.
adj. - storstads-, hovedstads-
n. - metropolitan, hovedstad, storstad, verdensby

Nederlands (Dutch)
metro, betreffende een metropolis

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Transp) métro

2.
adj. - métropolitain
n. - métropole

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - U-Bahn

2.
adj. - ... der Metropole
n. - Metropole

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αστικός) υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος, μετρό
pref. - μετρο-

Italiano (Italian)
metropolitana

Português (Portuguese)
n. - trem urbano subterrâneo (m)
abbr. - metropolitano (metrô)
pref. - metro

Русский (Russian)
метро, столичный муниципалитет, столичный, метеорологический

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - metrópolis

2.
adj. - relativo al ferrocarril subterráneo
n. - ferrocarril subterráneo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - metro
abbr. - Material Essential To Reconstitution Operations
pref. - metro-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
地下铁道, 大都市的, 大都市的市政府的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 地下鐵道
adj. - 大都市的, 大都市的市政府的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 지하철

2.
adj. - 거대도시의
n. - 도시, 수도권

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 地下鉄
adj. - 大司教, 首都の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نظام سكك حديديه لنقل الركاب بأنفاق تحت الأرض, نفق تحت الأرض (بادئه الكلمه) بادئه معناها : ما يخص المدينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רכבת תחתית, מטרו‬
adj. - ‮של עיר גדולה וסביבותיה‬
n. - ‮כרך, בירה‬

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Hon Metro	Crocs Metro
Bell Metro	geo metro