# Metropolitan

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**Metropolitan** may refer to:

## Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)

- [Metropolitan archdiocese](/source/Metropolitan_archdiocese), the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop - [Metropolitan bishop](/source/Metropolitan_bishop) or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
- [Metropolitan area](/source/Metropolitan_area), a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its surrounding territories
- [Metropolitan borough](/source/Metropolitan_borough), a form of local government district in England, United Kingdom
- [Metropolitan county](/source/Metropolitan_county), a type of county-level administrative division of England, United Kingdom
- [Metropolitan Corporation (Pakistan)](/source/Metropolitan_Corporation_(Pakistan)), a local government authority in Pakistan

## Businesses

- [Metro-Cammell](/source/Metro-Cammell), a British manufacturer of railway stock
- Metropolitan Books, an imprint of [Henry Holt and Company](/source/Henry_Holt_and_Company)
- [Metropolitan Stores](/source/Metropolitan_Stores), a Canadian former department store chain
- [Metropolitan-Vickers](/source/Metropolitan-Vickers), a British heavy electrical engineering company

## Colleges and universities

- [Metropolitan University, Sylhet](/source/Metropolitan_University,_Sylhet), Bangladesh
- [Metropolitan University Prague](/source/Metropolitan_University_Prague), Czech Republic
- [Metropolitan University College](/source/Metropolitan_University_College), Denmark
- [Metropolitan University (Puerto Rico)](/source/Metropolitan_University_(Puerto_Rico))
- [Metropolitan University (Belgrade)](/source/Metropolitan_University_(Belgrade)), Serbia
- [Metropolitan Community College (Omaha)](/source/Metropolitan_Community_College_(Omaha)), United States
- [Metropolitan State University of Denver](/source/Metropolitan_State_University_of_Denver), United States - [Metro State Roadrunners](/source/Metro_State_Roadrunners)
- [Metropolitan State University](/source/Metropolitan_State_University), Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

See also: [Metropolitan University (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_University_(disambiguation))

## Film

- [*Metropolitan* (1935 film)](/source/Metropolitan_(1935_film)), a film by Richard Boleslawski
- [*Metropolitan* (1939 film)](/source/Metropolitan_(1939_film)), a French thriller film directed by Maurice Cam
- [*Metropolitan* (1990 film)](/source/Metropolitan_(1990_film)), a film by Whit Stillman

## Literature

- [*The Metropolitan* (newspaper)](/source/The_Metropolitan_(newspaper)), the college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver
- [*Metropolitan* (novel)](/source/Metropolitan_(novel)), a fantasy novel by Walter Jon Williams
- *[The Metropolitan Magazine](/source/The_Metropolitan_Magazine)*, a publication from London
- [*Metropolitan Magazine* (New York City)](/source/Metropolitan_Magazine_(New_York_City)), a literary magazine
- *[Seattle Metropolitan](/source/Seattle_Metropolitan)*, a local-interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington

## Music

- [Metropolitan (band)](/source/Metropolitan_(band)), an indie rock group from Washington, D.C.
- "Metropolitan", a song by [Nemo](/source/Nemo_(American_band))

## Transport

### Transit systems

- [Metropolitan (train)](/source/Metropolitan_(train)), a discontinued German train service between Cologne and Hamburg
- [Metropolitan line](/source/Metropolitan_line), a London Underground route

### Vehicles

- [Convair Metropolitan](/source/Convair_Metropolitan), an airliner
- *Metropolitan*, a named train of the [Pennsylvania Railroad](/source/Pennsylvania_Railroad), from New York City to St. Louis
- [Metropolitan Special](/source/Metropolitan_Special), a named train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from Jersey City to St. Louis
- [Nash Metropolitan](/source/Nash_Metropolitan), an automobile
- [Scania Metropolitan](/source/Scania_Metropolitan), a double-decker bus

## Venues

- [Metropolitan (bar)](/source/Metropolitan_(bar)), a gay bar in New York City
- [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art), in New York
- [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera), in New York
- [Metropolitan Theatre (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_Theatre_(disambiguation)), several venues
- [Teatro Metropólitan](/source/Teatro_Metrop%C3%B3litan), in Mexico City

## Other uses

- [Metropolitan (cocktail)](/source/Metropolitan_(cocktail)), a variation of the Brandy Manhattan
- [Metropolitan area network](/source/Metropolitan_area_network), a city-spanning computer network
- [Metropolitan Division](/source/Metropolitan_Division), a division in the National Hockey League
- [Metropolitan Police Service](/source/Metropolitan_Police_Service), the police force of Greater London, England
- [New York Metropolitans](/source/New_York_Metropolitans), 19th century baseball team

## See also

- [Met (disambiguation)](/source/Met_(disambiguation))
- [Metro (disambiguation)](/source/Metro_(disambiguation))
- [Metropol (disambiguation)](/source/Metropol_(disambiguation))
- [Metropole](/source/Metropole), "mother country", or central part of a colonizing state
- [Metropolis](/source/Metropolis), a large city or conurbation
- [Metropolis (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolis_(disambiguation))
- [The Metropolitan (disambiguation)](/source/The_Metropolitan_(disambiguation))
- [Metropolitan Bank (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_Bank_(disambiguation))
- [Metropolitan Building (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_Building_(disambiguation))
- [Metropolitan France](/source/Metropolitan_France), the part of France in Europe
- [Metropolitan Magazine (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_Magazine_(disambiguation))
- [Metropolitan Opera House (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_Opera_House_(disambiguation))
- [Metropolitan Police (disambiguation)](/source/Metropolitan_Police_(disambiguation))
- [Moscow Metro](/source/Moscow_Metro) (Russian: Московский метрополитен), a rapid transit system in Moscow, Russia
- [Paris Metro](/source/Paris_Metro) (French: *Métropolitain*), a rapid transit system in Paris, France
- [Rapid transit](/source/Rapid_transit) system, in an urban area
- *[Transmetropolitan](/source/Transmetropolitan)*, a comic book series

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