Metropolitan

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Metropolitan may be:

Of or relating to a metropolis or metropolitan area, in the sense of:

• an ecclesiastical 'mother see': Metropolitan archbishop or Metropolitan bishop.
• a metropolitan borough, a local government body in the United Kingdom.
• a major city, especially a capital, e.g. in
  • Metropolitan Police of the English metropolis known as Greater London.
  • New York, where two major cultural institutions are commonly called "the Metropolitan": Metropolitan Museum of Art and Metropolitan Opera in New York.
• the 'mother country' of an overseas empire, e.g. Metropolitan France (mainland France and Corsica).
• A rapid transit system, in particular:
  • Métro (originally Chemin de Fer Métropolitain) in Paris.
  • Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan Line) in London.
• A Metropolitan area network.

As or in a name:

• Nash Metropolitan automobile.
• Metropolitan, a 1935 movie directed by Richard Boleslawski
• Metropolitan, a 1990 movie directed by Whit Stillman
• Metropolitan, a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams
• Metropolitan, a premium train service in Germany that operated between between 1996 and 2004.
• Metropolitan band an indie rock group from Washington, D.C.
• Seattle Metropolitan, a magazine reporting and feature articles on Seattle events, people, dining and restaurants, popular places and attractions.
• The Metropolitan, a tabloid style publication with sections for news, sports, opinions, features and music.
• Transmetropolitan, a comic book series.
• Metropolitan University, renamed polytechnic institutions in the United Kingdom after they were given university status in 1992, e.g Manchester Metropolitan University.