Metroplex

[me-truh-pleks]

noun (sometimes lowercase)

a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.

Origin:
probably metro-³ + (com)plex

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon

Main Entry:	metroplex
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	sprawling metropolitan area, often combining two major cities
Etymology:	metro(politan) + -plex 'integrated organizations'

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