metropolitanize
[ me-truh-pol-i-tn-ahyz ]
/ ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tnˌaɪz /
verb (used with object), met·ro·pol·i·tan·ized, met·ro·pol·i·tan·iz·ing.
to make metropolitan.
Also
especially British,
met·ro·pol·i·tan·ise.
Origin of metropolitanize
First recorded in 1850–55;
metropolitan +
-ize