# metropolitan core

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Synonym of central city (“the main city of a metropolitan area; particularly one containing multiple cities”).
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see metropolitan, core.

## Etymology
From metropolitan + core.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/metropolitan-core