Metropolitan
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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
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Named places
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York
- Metropolitan Opera, in New York
- Metropolitan France, the part of France located in Europe
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Businesses
- Metro-Cammell, previously 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
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Transport
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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
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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
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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
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Media and entertainment
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Journalism and literature
- Metropolitan (novel), a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams
- The Metropolitan (newspaper), college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Metropolitan Magazine (New York), a literary magazine
- The Metropolitan Magazine, a publication from London
- Seattle Metropolitan, a local interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington
- Transmetropolitan, a comic book series
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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
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Other uses
- 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 (cocktail), a variation of the Brandy Manhattan
- Metropolitan Division, a division in the National Hockey League
- Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of Greater London, England
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See also
- Met (disambiguation)
- Metro (disambiguation)
- Metropolis (disambiguation)
- Metropolitan Bank (disambiguation)
- Metropolitan Magazine (disambiguation)
- Metropolitan Opera House (disambiguation)
- The Metropolitan (disambiguation)
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