Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)

* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop ** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England, United Kingdom * Metropolitan county, a type of county-level administrative division of England, United Kingdom * Metropolitan Corporation (Pakistan), a local government authority in Pakistan

Businesses

* Metro-Cammell, a British manufacturer of railway stock * Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company * Metropolitan Stores, a Canadian former department store chain * Metropolitan-Vickers, a British heavy electrical engineering company

* ''Metropolitan'' (1935 film), a film by Richard Boleslawski * ''Metropolitan'' (1939 film), a French thriller film directed by Maurice Cam * ''Metropolitan'' (1990 film), a film by Whit Stillman

* ''The Metropolitan'' (newspaper), the college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver * ''Metropolitan'' (novel), a fantasy novel by Walter Jon Williams *'' The Metropolitan Magazine'', a publication from London * ''Metropolitan Magazine'' (New York City), a literary magazine * '' Seattle Metropolitan'', a local-interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington

* Metropolitan (band), an indie rock group from Washington, D.C. * "Metropolitan", a song by Nemo

* Metropolitan (train), a discontinued German train service between Cologne and Hamburg * Metropolitan line, a London Underground route

* Convair Metropolitan, an airliner * ''Metropolitan'', a named train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, from New York City to St. Louis * Metropolitan Special, a named train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from Jersey City to St. Louis * Nash Metropolitan, an automobile * Scania Metropolitan, a double-decker bus

* Metropolitan (cocktail), a variation of the Brandy Manhattan * Metropolitan area network, a city-spanning computer network * Metropolitan Division, a division in the National Hockey League * Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of Greater London, England * New York Metropolitans, 19th century baseball team