micropolitan en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌmaɪkɹəˈpɑlɪt(ə)n/ (General-American)
- /ˌmaɪkɹəˈpɒlɪtn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-kɹəʊ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [-ɾ(ə)n] (General-American)
- /-kɹoʊ-/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Blend of micro- (prefix meaning ‘very small’) + metropolitan.
Meanings
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(US, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; of a city: less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one.
The government has created a new label for these communities, which increasingly fill the gaps on the map between major cities. The new term – Micropolitan Statistical Areas – recognizes that even small places far from metro areas are economic hubs that draw workers and shoppers from miles around. […] The largest micropolitan areas have more people than many metro areas. The Torrington, Conn., micropolitan area is the largest, with a population of 183,000 – bigger than the population of 103 metropolitan areas. Torrington is a micro, not a metro, because the central city has fewer than 50,000 people, the threshold for a city anchoring a metro area. Cities at the centers of micropolitan areas have at least 10,000 people but no more than 49,999.
2004 June 27, Haya El Nasser, “Small-town USA goes ‘micropolitan’”, in USA Today, McLean, Va.: Gannett Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2023:
Coordinates
megapolitan · nonmetropolitan · metropolitan · megalopolitan · rural · ecumenopolitan
Translations (6)
fr micropolitain (of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants) · ast micropolitano (of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants) · pt micropolitano (of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants) · fi pienkaupunki- (of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants) · es micropolitano (of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants) · ru микрополитенский (of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants)