Hyphenation of Metropolitan

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Metropolitan? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

Met-ro-pol-i-tan

Definitions of Metropolitan:

1.	In the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch Equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
2.	A person who lives in a metropolis
3.	Relating to or characteristic of a metropolis Metropolitan area

Synonyms of Metropolitan:

adj	municipality
noun	archbishop
noun	resident, occupant, occupier

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.