Definition of metropolitan. Meaning of metropolitan. Synonyms of metropolitan

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Definition of metropolitan

Metropolitan
Metropolitan Met`ro*pol"i*tan, n. [LL. metropolitanus.] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. 2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop. 3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. --Hook.

Meaning of metropolitan from wikipedia

- Look up metropolitan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metropolitan may refer to: Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely-po****ted urban...
- The Metropolitan (stylised as MetropolitaN) was a premium p****enger train service between the cities of Cologne and Hamburg in Germany. Meant as an alternative...
- In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high po****tion density at its core and close economic...
- A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely po****ted urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial...
- Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan counties. All of the metropolitan districts have...
- The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), until recently[when?] officially known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the...
- The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House...
- A metropolis, metropolitanate or metropolitan (arch)diocese is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical...
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. It is the largest art museum in the...
- either a metropolitan county or a non-metropolitan county. From 1995 onwards numerous unitary authorities have been established in the non-metropolitan counties...