Metropolitan

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Metropolitan may be:

Of or relating to a metropolis or metropolitan area, in the sense of:

an ecclesiastical 'mother see': Metropolitan archbishop or Metropolitan bishop
a major city, especially a capital, e.g. in
*Metropolitan Police of the English metropolis known as Greater London
* New York, where two major cultural institutions are commonly called 'the Metropolitan': Metropolitan Museum of Art and Metropolitan Opera in New York
the 'mother country' of an overseas empire, e.g. Metropolitan France (mainland France and Corsica)
A rapid transit system, in particular:
* Métro (originally Chemin de Fer Métropolitain) in Paris
* Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan Line) in London

As or in a name:

Nash Metropolitan automobile
Metropolitan, a 1935 movie directed by Richard Boleslawski
Metropolitan, a 1990 movie directed by Whit Stillman
Metropolitan band an indie rock group from Washington, D.C.
Transmetropolitan, a comic book series.
Metropolitan University, renamed Polytechnic insitutions in the United Kingdom after they were given university status in 1992, e.g Manchester Metropolitan University.

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