greater

Aussi une forme de greatcomparative form of great: more great

The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.

Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.

greater yellowlegs

In the names of places or geographic features: The larger geographic or administrative area that encompasses or belongs to a place (especially if both share the same name).

Greater Antilles

GMRLC is a regional consortium of medium-size research libraries (17 in 1995) located in the greater Midwest.

In the names of places or geographic features: Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement).

Greater London

Greater New York includes adjacent parts of three states, as well as the City itself.

“Greater London!” What a vague and ill-defined term! We all known London proper, comprising of the City and Westminster, and making up one metropolis.

[…]statistics revealing that while greater Tokyo has a total area that represents only 3.6 percent of the total land available[…]more than 25 percent of the country's population live there.

In the names of places or geographic features: Referring to a state at its fullest historical (or desired future) extent including colonies, annexed land, etc.

Greater Armenia