"metro" meaning in Dutch

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      "word": "metrobaan"
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      "word": "metrohalte"
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      "word": "metrolijn"
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      "word": "metrospoor"
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      "word": "metrostation"
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      "word": "metrotunnel"
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      "word": "metrowagon"
    }
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      "expansion": "French métro",
      "name": "bor"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French métro, from métropolitain in chemin de fer métropolitain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "metro's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metrootje",
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        "tro"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "At the invitation of the Foundation for Vocational Training in the Construction Industry, British civil engineering students observed the work carried out on the underground railway in Rotterdam.",
          "ref": "1962, “Engelse studenten bekijken metrotunnel (1962)”, in Polygoon-Profilti Neerlands Nieuws (cinema newsreel), spoken by Philip Bloemendal, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, via YouTube, retrieved 06 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "Engelse bouwkundige studenten hebben op uitnodiging van de Stichting Vakopleiding Bouwbedrijf in Rotterdam de werkzaamheden aan de metro in ogenschouw genomen.",
          "translation": "At the invitation of the Foundation for Vocational Training in the Construction Industry, British civil engineering students observed the work carried out on the underground railway in Rotterdam.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro"
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          "railway",
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        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "subway",
          "subway"
        ],
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          "metro",
          "metro#English"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ondergrondse"
        }
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        "an underground-railway train"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmeː.troː/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/meː.ˈtroː/",
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  "word": "metro"
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    {
      "word": "metrobaan"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrohalte"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrokaart"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrolijn"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrospoor"
    },
    {
      "word": "metrostation"
    },
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      "word": "metrotunnel"
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    {
      "word": "metrowagon"
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          "english": "At the invitation of the Foundation for Vocational Training in the Construction Industry, British civil engineering students observed the work carried out on the underground railway in Rotterdam.",
          "ref": "1962, “Engelse studenten bekijken metrotunnel (1962)”, in Polygoon-Profilti Neerlands Nieuws (cinema newsreel), spoken by Philip Bloemendal, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, via YouTube, retrieved 06 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "Engelse bouwkundige studenten hebben op uitnodiging van de Stichting Vakopleiding Bouwbedrijf in Rotterdam de werkzaamheden aan de metro in ogenschouw genomen.",
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        [
          "subway",
          "subway"
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          "metro",
          "metro#English"
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      "ipa": "/meː.ˈtroː/",
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  "word": "metro"
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