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Topic: TRAINS, RAILWAYS

Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: métro, from (chemin de fer) métropolitain 'metropolitan railway'

metro

 noun
     
met‧ro plural metros [countable]
TTT a railway system that runs under the ground below a city:
the Paris Metro
It'll be quicker to go on the metro.
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