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Metropolitan


Metropolitan


Metropolitan may refer to:

Areas and governance

  • 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

Colleges and universities

United Kingdom

  • Leeds Metropolitan University, England
  • London Metropolitan University, England
  • Manchester Metropolitan University, England
  • Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales

United States

  • Metropolitan Community College (Omaha), United States
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
    • Metro State Roadrunners
  • Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota

In other countries

  • Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
  • Toronto Metropolitan University, 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, a publication from London
  • Metropolitan Magazine (New York City), a literary magazine
  • Seattle Metropolitan, a local-interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington

Music

  • Metropolitan (band), 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, in New York
  • Metropolitan Opera, in New York
  • Metropolitan Theatre (disambiguation), several venues

Other uses

  • Metropolitan (cocktail), a variation of the Brandy Manhattan
  • Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
  • Metropolitan area network, a city-spanning computer network
  • Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
  • 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

See also

  • Met (disambiguation)
  • Metro (disambiguation)
  • Metropol (disambiguation)
  • Metropole, "mother country", or central part of a colonizing state
  • Metropolis, a large city or conurbation
  • Metropolis (disambiguation)
  • The Metropolitan (disambiguation)
  • Metropolitan Bank (disambiguation)
  • Metropolitan France, the part of France in Europe
  • Metropolitan Magazine (disambiguation)
  • Metropolitan Opera House (disambiguation)
  • Moscow Metro (rus. Московский метрополитен), a rapid transit system in Moscow, Russia
  • Paris Métro, a rapid transit system in Paris, France
  • Rapid transit system, in an urban area
  • Transmetropolitan, a comic book series

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