Metropolitan

Metropolitan may refer to:

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In geography

Metropolis, a large city or conurbation
Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
Metropole, "mother country", or central part of a colonizing state
Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
Metropolitan county, a type of county-level administrative division of England

Named places

Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York
Metropolitan Opera, in New York
Metropolitan France, the part of France located in Europe

Businesses

Metro Cammell—the "Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company"
Metropolitan-Vickers, a British heavy electrical engineering company
Metropolitan Stores, a former Canadian variety department store chain
Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company

Transport

Transit systems

Rapid transit system, in an urban area
Metropolitan line, a London Underground route
Metropolitan (train), discontinued German luxury high speed train service between Cologne and Hamburg
Paris Métro, a rapid transit system in Paris, France
Moscow Metro (rus. Московский метрополитен), a rapid transit system in Moscow, Russia

Vehicles

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, double decker bus

Colleges and universities

Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
Metropolitan Community College, United States
Metropolitan State University, in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Swansea Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Media and entertainment

Journalism and literature

Metropolitan (novel), a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams
The Metropolitan (newspaper), college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver
Seattle Metropolitan, a local interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington
Transmetropolitan, a comic book series

Performing arts

Metropolitan (1990 film), a 1990 film directed by Whit Stillman
Metropolitan (1935 film), a 1935 film directed by Richard Boleslawski
Metropolitan (band), an indie rock group from Washington, D.C.
"Metropolitan", a song by Nemo
Teatro Metropólitan, a theatre in Mexico
The Metropolitan Theatre, a theatre and music hall in Edgware Road, Paddington, London, now demolished

Other uses

Metropolitan area network, a city-spanning computer network
Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
Metropolitan Division, a division in the National Hockey League
Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of Greater London, England

See also

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