Metropolitan may refer to:

Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)

Metropolitan archdiocese A metropolis, metropolitanate or metropolitan diocese is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces. Eastern Ortho ...

, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop **

Metropolitan bishop In Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), is held by the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a Metropolis (reli ...

or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" *

Metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...

, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its surrounding territories *

Metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of districts of England, local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan distr ...

, a form of local government district in England, United Kingdom *

Metropolitan county Metropolitan counties are a Subdivisions of England, subdivision of England which were originally used for Local government in England, local government. There are six metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyn ...

, 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 Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt (publisher), Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. The company publishes in ...

* Metropolitan Stores, a Canadian former department store chain *

Metropolitan-Vickers Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, it was particularly well known for its industrial el ...

, a British heavy electrical engineering company

Colleges and universities

United Kingdom

* Leeds Metropolitan University, England * London Metropolitan University, England * Manchester Metropolitan University, England *

Swansea Metropolitan University Swansea Metropolitan University () is a former university based in Swansea, Wales, UK. The university merged with, and became a constituent campus of, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David on 1 August 2013. Employing more than 500 staff ...

, Wales

United States

* Metropolitan Community College (Omaha), United States *

Metropolitan State University of Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver or Metro State) is a public university in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is located on the Auraria Campus, along with the University of Colorado Denver and the Community College of Denver ...

, United States ** Metro State Roadrunners *

Metropolitan State University Metropolitan State University (Metro State) is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

, Saint Paul, Minnesota

In other countries

* Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway *

Tokyo Metropolitan University , often referred to as TMU, is a Public university, public research university in Hachiōji, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. In contrast to other non-private universities in Tokyo, the university is established under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, ...

, Japan *

Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU, or Toronto Met), formerly Ryerson University, is a Public university, public research university located in Toronto, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, Toronto, Gar ...

, Canada

Film

* ''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

Literature

* ''The Metropolitan'' (newspaper), the college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver * ''Metropolitan'' (novel), a fantasy novel by Walter Jon Williams *''

The Metropolitan Magazine ''The Metropolitan: A monthly journal of literature, science, and the fine arts'' was a London monthly journal inaugurated in May 1831, originally edited by Thomas Campbell. It was then published by James Cochrane. ''The Metropolitan Magazine'' ...

'', a publication from London * ''Metropolitan Magazine'' (New York City), a literary magazine * ''

Seattle Metropolitan ''Seattle Metropolitan'', or ''Seattle Met'', is a monthly city magazine covering Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the ...

'', a local-interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington

Music

Metropolitan (band) Metropolitan are an American four-piece indie rock group from Washington, D.C. Metropolitan began as a collaboration between guitarists John Masters and Aidan Coughlan in late 1998, and they recorded and released their debut record, "Side Eff ...

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

Transport

Transit systems

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

Vehicles

* 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

Venues

* Metropolitan (bar), a gay bar in New York City *

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...

, in New York *

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...

, in New York * Metropolitan Theatre (disambiguation), several venues

Other uses

* Metropolitan (cocktail), a variation of the Brandy Manhattan *

Metropolitan area network A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a computer network that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic region of the size of a metropolitan area. The term MAN is applied to the interconnection of local area networks (LANs) in ...

, a city-spanning computer network *

Metropolitan Division The National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division (often referred to simply as the "Metro Division") was formed in 2013 as one of the two divisions in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference as part of a league realignment. It is als ...

, a division in the National Hockey League * Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of Greater London, England *

New York Metropolitans The Metropolitan Club (New York Metropolitans or the Mets) was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887. (The ''New York Metropolitan Baseball Club'' was the name chosen in 1961 for the New York M ...

, 19th century baseball team