Metropolitan may refer to:
Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
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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.
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, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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Metropolitan Corporation (Pakistan)
The Metropolitan Corporation (MC) (Urdu language, Urdu: بلدیہ عظمی) is a municipal authority established under the local governments in Pakistan. According to Local Governments Act of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kh ...
, a local government authority in Pakistan
Businesses
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Metro-Cammell
Metro-Cammell, formally the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW), was an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons, based in Saltley, and subsequently Washwood Heath, in Birmingham. The co ...
, 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 ...
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Metropolitan Stores, a Canadian former department store chain
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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
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Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The univer ...
, England
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London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public university, public research university in London, England. The University of North London and London Guildhall University merged in 2002 to create the university. The Un ...
, England
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Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education ...
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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
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Metropolitan Community College (Omaha), United States
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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
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Metro State Roadrunners
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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
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Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo Metropolitan University (Oslomet; )"Skrivemåten av universitetsnamnet Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet," Language Council of Norway, 17/677-4/DGI, 18 January 2018 is a state university in Oslo and Kjeller in Norway. It is the result of ...
, Norway
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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
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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
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''Metropolitan'' (1935 film), a film by Richard Boleslawski
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''Metropolitan'' (1939 film), a French thriller film directed by Maurice Cam
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''Metropolitan'' (1990 film), a film by Whit Stillman
Literature
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''The Metropolitan'' (newspaper), the college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver
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''Metropolitan'' (novel), a fantasy novel by Walter Jon Williams
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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
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''Metropolitan Magazine'' (New York City), a literary magazine
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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
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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
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Metropolitan (train), a discontinued German train service between Cologne and Hamburg
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Metropolitan line
The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between in the City of London and and in Buckinghamshire, with branches to in Hertfordshire and in London Borough of Hillingdon, Hillingdon. Printed in mage ...
, a London Underground route
Vehicles
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Convair Metropolitan, an airliner
* ''Metropolitan'', a named train of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
, from New York City to St. Louis
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Metropolitan Special, a named train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from Jersey City to St. Louis
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Nash Metropolitan, an automobile
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Scania Metropolitan, a double-decker bus
Venues
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Metropolitan (bar), a gay bar in New York City
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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
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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
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Metropolitan Theatre (disambiguation), several venues
Other uses
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Metropolitan (cocktail), a variation of the Brandy Manhattan
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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
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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
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Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of Greater London, England
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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
See also
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Met (disambiguation)
Met, MET, The Met or The MET may refer to:
Buildings Arts venues
* Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Met, in New York City
* Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, or MET, in New York City
* Metropolitan Opera, or the Met, in New York City
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Metro (disambiguation)
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Metropol (disambiguation)
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Metropole
A metropole () is the homeland, central territory or the state exercising power over a colonial empire.
From the 19th century, the English term ''metropole'' was mainly used in the scope of the British, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portugu ...
, "mother country", or central part of a colonizing state
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Metropolis
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big city b ...
, a large city or conurbation
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Metropolis (disambiguation)
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The Metropolitan (disambiguation)
The Metropolitan may refer to:
Buildings
* The Metropolitan (Atlanta business and arts district), a complex of former warehouses turned into lofts and studios in Adair Park, Atlanta
* The Metropolitan (Atlanta condominium building)
* The Metropoli ...
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Metropolitan Bank (disambiguation) Metropolitan Bank may refer to:
*Habib Metropolitan Bank, Pakistan
*Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, Philippines
*Metropolitan Bank (Chicago), a bank in Chicago
*Metropolitan Bank of Zimbabwe, a commercial bank in Zimbabwe
*Metropolitan Bank (o ...
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Metropolitan Building (disambiguation) Metropolitan Building may refer to:
*Metropolitan Building (Detroit)
*Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)
* Metropolitan Buildings Office
*Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis)
The Metropolitan Building, originally known as the Northwestern Guaranty ...
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Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France ( or ), also known as European France (), is the area of France which is geographically in Europe and chiefly comprises #Hexagon, the mainland, popularly known as "the Hexagon" ( or ), and Corsica. This collective name for the ...
, the part of France in Europe
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Metropolitan Magazine (disambiguation)
''Metropolitan Magazine'' can refer to:
* ''Metropolitan Magazine'' (New York City), later known as ''Macfadden's Fiction Lover's Magazine'', was a monthly periodical in the early 20th century with articles on politics and literature
*''The Metropo ...
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Metropolitan Opera House (disambiguation) The Metropolitan Opera House may refer to:
In the United States New York City
*Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)
*Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street) ("the old Met") Other US opera houses
* Metropolitan Opera House (Grand Forks, North Da ...
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Metropolitan Police (disambiguation)
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Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...
(rus. Московский метрополитен), a rapid transit system in Moscow, Russia
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Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (, , or , ), short for Métropolitain (), is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architectur ...
, a rapid transit system in Paris, France
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground su ...
system, in an urban area
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Transmetropolitan
''Transmetropolitan'' is a cyberpunk transhumanist comic book series written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Darick Robertson; it was published by the American company DC Comics in 1997–2002. The series was originally part of the short-lived DC C ...
'', a comic book series
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