metropolitan area

1. An area of population usually with a central or core city and surrounding towns or suburbs.

   1911 — Encyclopædia Britannica, "Brisbane" The population of the metropolitan area in 1901 was 119,907; of the city proper, 28,953; of South Brisbane, 25,481.

1. The flu struck the metropolitan area.

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2. He centered his business on the metropolitan area.

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3. He focused his business on the metropolitan area.

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4. Algiers is our country's most populous metropolitan area.

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5. Algiers should become a world-class metropolitan area.

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