Metropolitan
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Metropolitan may refer to:
- A metropolis
- A metropolitan area
- A metropole, "mother country", or central part of a colonizing state
- Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
- As a cognate, a rapid transit system in an urban area
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Places
- Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
- Metropolitan county, a type of county-level administrative division of England
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York
- Metropolitan Opera, in New York
- Metropolitan France, the part of France located in Europe
Transport
- Metropolitan Line, a London Underground route
- Paris Métro, a rapid transit system in Paris, France
Education
- Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
- London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
- Metropolitan State College of Denver, United States
- The Metropolitan, the college newspaper
- Metropolitan State University, in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
- Swansea Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Media and entertainment
- Metropolitan (film), a 1990 movie directed by Whit Stillman
- Metropolitan (1935 film), a movie directed by Richard Boleslawski
- Metropolitan (novel), a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams
- Seattle Metropolitan, a local interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington
- Transmetropolitan, a comic book series
- Metropolitan (band), an indie rock group from Washington, D.C.
- "Metropolitan," a song by Nemo
Engineering
- Metro Cammell—the "Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company"
- Metropolitan-Vickers, a British heavy electrical engineering company
- Metropolitan area network, a city-spanning computer network
- Nash Metropolitan, an automobile
- Metropolitan Special, a named train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Scania Metropolitan, double decker bus
- Metropolitan (train), a premium train service in Germany that operated between August 1999 and December 2004
Other
- Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of London, England
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Metropolitan — • In ecclesiastical language, refers to whatever relates to the metropolis, the principal city, or see, of an ecclesiastical province Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Metropolitan Metropolitan … Catholic encyclopedia
metropolitan — METROPOLITÁN, Ă, metropolitani, e, adj., s.n. 1. adj. Care aparţine unei metropole; care are caracter de metropolă; originar dintr o metropolă. 2. s.n. (Rar) Metrou. – Din fr. métropolitain. Trimis de LauraGellner, 29.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 … … Dicționar Român
Metropolitan — puede referirse a: En Nueva York: la Ópera del Metropolitan (Metropolitan Opera House); el Museo Metropolitano de Arte (Metropolitan Museum of Art); la Metropolitan Life Tower, un rascacielos. En Londres: la Metropolitan Line, una línea del Metro … Wikipedia Español
Metropolitan — Met ro*pol i*tan (?; 277), a. [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. m[ e]tropolitain.] 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury. [1913 Webster] 2. (Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Metropolitan — (Салоники,Греция) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: 65 Vasilissis Olgas Ave … Каталог отелей
Metropolitan TV — Nombre público Metropolitan TV Tipo de canal DVB T Programación Generalista Propietario Smile Advertising País … Wikipedia Español
Metropolitan — (Салоники,Греция) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: 65 Vass. Olgas Avenue, Салоники, Греция … Каталог отелей
Metropolitan — Met ro*pol i*tan, n. [LL. metropolitanus.] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. [1913 Webster] 2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
metropolitan — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to a metropolis. 2) relating to the parent state of a colony. 3) Christian Church relating to a metropolitan or his see. ► NOUN 1) Christian Church a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province. 2) an inhabitant … English terms dictionary
metropolitan — [me΄trō päl′i tən, me΄trəpäl′i tən] adj. [LL metropolitanus] 1. of or constituting a METROPOLIS (senses 1 & 2) 2. designating or of a METROPOLITAN (n. 2) ☆ 3. designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller… … English World dictionary
