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Me·tai·rie (met′ə rē)

city in SE La.: suburb of New Orleans: pop. 146,000

Etymology: < Fr, lit., sharecropping farm, for nearby farms owned by Jesuits

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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