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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