micropolitan
adj.— «The Brainerd lakes area, which would include Crow Wing and Cass counties, has been ranked the fourth-fastest growing “micropolitan” area in the Midwest and the 28th fastest nationally.» —“Lakes area part of great ‘micropolitan’” by Renee Richardson, Jodie Tweed Brainerd Dispatch (Minn.) Sept. 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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