Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories *

Metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropoli ...

, a form of local government district in England *

Metropolitan county The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England. There are six metropolitan counties, which each cover large urban areas, with populations between 1 and 3 million. They were created in 1974 and are each di ...

, a type of county-level administrative division of England

Businesses

* Metro-Cammell, previously the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company * Metropolitan-Vickers, a British heavy electrical engineering company * Metropolitan Stores, a Canadian former department store chain * Metropolitan Books, an imprint of

Henry Holt and Company Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. Currently, the company publishes in the fields ...

Colleges and universities

* Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * Metropolitan Community College (Omaha), United States * Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States ** Metro State Roadrunners * Metropolitan State University, in Saint Paul, Minnesota * Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway * Swansea Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan *

Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in To ...

, Canada

Film

* ''Metropolitan'' (1990 film), a film by Whit Stillman * ''Metropolitan'' (1935 film), a film by Richard Boleslawski

Literature

* ''Metropolitan'' (novel), a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams * ''The Metropolitan'' (newspaper), the college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver *'' 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 The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. Featuring a more modern design with cabin pressurization, the 240 series made some inr ...

, an airliner * 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 * ''Metropolitan'', a named train of the

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

, from New York City to St. Louis

Venues

* Metropolitan (bar), a gay bar in New York City *

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 100 ...

, in New York *

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...

, in New York * Teatro Metropólitan, a theatre in Mexico * The Metropolitan Theatre, a theatre and music hall in Edgware Road, Paddington, London, now demolished

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 In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis. Originally, the term referred to the b ...

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