minimetropolis
English edit
Etymology edit
mini- + metropolis
Noun edit
minimetropolis (plural minimetropolises)
- 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.