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s | metro |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun metro is

.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    metro

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underground railway.
  • A train that runs on such an underground railway.
  • An urban rapid transit light railway
  • A train that runs on such a railway.
    • Synonyms
    * (underground railway) el/El (US), subway (US), Tube (the London underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A metropolitan area.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Metropolitan.
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