Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a type of county-level administrative division of England

Businesses

Metro-Cammell Metro-Cammell, formally the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW), was an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons, based in Saltley, and subsequently Washwood Heath, in Birmingham. Purchased ...

, previously the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company *

Metropolitan-Vickers Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, it was particularly well known for its industrial el ...

, a British heavy electrical engineering company *

Metropolitan Stores Metropolitan Stores of Canada Ltd. (often referred to as The Met or Metropolitan) was a Canadian variety department store chain based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The company was incorporated in 1908 as F.H. Brewster & Company, renamed Metropolitan S ...

, a Canadian former department store chain * Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company

Colleges and universities

Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The univ ...

, United Kingdom *

London Metropolitan University London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public research university in London, England. The University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London) and London Guildhall University (formerly the City ...

, United Kingdom *

Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...

, United Kingdom *

Metropolitan Community College (Omaha) Metropolitan Community College (Metro or MCC) is a public community college in Omaha, Nebraska. It has multiple campuses throughout the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. MCC serves residents of Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy and Washington Counti ...

, United States *

Metropolitan State University of Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver or Metro State) is a public university in Denver, Colorado. MSU Denver is located on the Auraria Campus, along with the University of Colorado Denver and the Community College of Denver, i ...

, United States ** Metro State Roadrunners *

Metropolitan State University Metropolitan State University (Metro State) is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

, in Saint Paul, Minnesota *

Oslo Metropolitan University Oslo Metropolitan University (Oslomet; no, Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet)"Skrivemåten av universitetsnamnet Oslomet – storbyuniversitetet," Language Council of Norway, 17/677-4/DGI, 18 January 2018 is a state university in Oslo and Akers ...

, Norway * Swansea Metropolitan University, United Kingdom *

Tokyo Metropolitan University , often referred to as TMU, is a public research university in Japan. Origin The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by Tokyo Prefecture in 1929 as the third pu ...

, 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 Toro ...

, 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 Nemo may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Games * ''Nemo'' (arcade game), a 1990 arcade game by Capcom based on ''Little Nemo'' * NEMO (video game console), an unreleased console Music * Nemo (American band), an indie rock band * 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 The Nash Metropolitan is an American automobile that was assembled in England and marketed from 1953 until 1961. It conforms to two classes of vehicle: economy car and subcompact car. In today's US terminology the Metropolitan is a “subcompac ...

, an automobile *

Scania Metropolitan The Scania Metropolitan was the first double decker bus model built jointly by MCW and Scania. It was built between 1973 and 1978. It was the second bus model jointly built by these two companies. The first model was the Metro-Scania singl ...

, a double-decker bus * ''Metropolitan'', a named train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, from New York City to St. Louis

Venues

Metropolitan (bar) Metropolitan is a gay bar in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Description Metropolitan is near the intersection of Lorimer Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. It is a dive bar featuring a multi-level lou ...

, 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 1000 ...

, 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 oper ...

, in New York *

Teatro Metropólitan The Teatro Metropólitan is one of Mexico's best-known movie theaters. Before being the Teatro Metropólitan it was known as the Cine Metropólitan, and was built as a movie palace. The architect was Pedro Gorozpe E. with interior decorations by A ...

, a theatre in Mexico *

The Metropolitan Theatre The Metropolitan Theatre was a London music hall and theatre in Edgware Road, Paddington. Its origins were in an old inn on the site where entertainments became increasingly prominent by the early 19th century. A new theatre was built there in ...

, a theatre and music hall in Edgware Road, Paddington, London, now demolished

Other uses

Metropolitan (cocktail) A Manhattan is a cocktail made with whisky, whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters. While rye whisky, rye is the traditional whiskey of choice, other commonly used whiskies include Canadian whisky, bourbon whiskey, bourbon, blended whiskey, and ...

, a variation of the Brandy Manhattan *

Metropolitan archdiocese A metropolis religious jurisdiction, or a metropolitan archdiocese, is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces. ...

, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop *

Metropolitan area network A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a computer network that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic region of the size of a metropolitan area. The term MAN is applied to the interconnection of local area networks (LANs) in ...

, 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 ...

or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" *

Metropolitan Division The National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division (often referred to simply as the "Metro Division") was formed in 2013 as one of the two divisions in the Eastern Conference as part of a league realignment. It is also a successor of the original ...

, a division in the National Hockey League * Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of Greater London, England

Businesses

Colleges and universities

Film

Literature

Music

Transport

Transit systems

Vehicles

Venues

Other uses

See also