Metropolitans may refer to:
Sports
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New York Metropolitans
The Metropolitan Club (New York Metropolitans or the Mets) was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887. (The ''New York Metropolitan Baseball Club'' was the name chosen in 1961 for the New York ...
(1880–1887), a defunct Major League New Baseball team
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New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...
(1962–present), a Major League Baseball team
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Seattle Metropolitans
The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) from 1915 to 1924. During their nine seasons, the Metropolitans were the PCHA's most successfu ...
(1915–1924), a Seattle ice hockey team
*Bydgoszcz–Toruń Metropolitans (BiT Mets) (2012–present), a
Bydgoszcz-Toruń bi-polar agglomeration American football
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
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Angels Toruń
Angels Toruń is an American football team based in Toruń, Poland. The team currently competes in the PLFA II of Polish American Football League.The club also hosts the Angels Junior (PLFA J for under-17 players) and reserve team Metropolitans in ...
and
Bydgoszcz Archers
The Bydgoszcz Archers were a one-time Polish champion American football team based in Bydgoszcz, Poland which currently competes in the Polish Football League.
History
The origins of American football in Bydgoszcz back to 2008, when it began to cr ...
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Metropolitans 92
Metropolitans 92 is a French professional basketball club that is based in Levallois-Perret, in the Paris metropolitan area. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the highest-tier level in French basketball.
The club was established in 200 ...
, a basketball team currently playing in France's top men's division, LNB Pro A
Other uses
* Metropolia, or metropolis, Christian term for the jurisdiction under a
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 ...
, who might also be known as a Metropolitan.
See also
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Metropolitan (disambiguation)
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 t ...
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