[sac-board] Re: 2006 SAC Letterhead

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:04:09 -0700, Glen Walker wrote:

> Just for my own information, why do you use the word "Metro"? At first 
> glance it suggests that the club is only for individuals within a boundary.

It comes from the shortened version of metropolitan, which definitions in
turn points to "metropolitan area" and metropolis, the latter which is:

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metropolis
       n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
            several independent administrative districts; "Ancient
            Troy was a great city" [syn: {city}, {urban center}]
       2: people living in a large densely populated municipality;
          "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: {city}]

So "Metro Phoenix" means "in the vicinity of Phoenix" to me.

        -Paul

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