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Metropolitan Filipp

Metropolitan Filipp (Филипп (Колычев)), born Feodor Kolychev, was metropolitan of Moscow from 1566 to 1568 and was strangled in 1569 after denouncing Ivan the Terrible's oprichnina.

Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine, the Hexagon) is European France: the 96 mainland departments plus Corsica. Population 66,792,845 on 1 January 2026, excluding the five overseas departments and the overseas collectivities.

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Metropolitan Governor (Jingzhaoyin)

The Metropolitan Governor (京兆尹) was the chief administrator of the metropolitan area around Chang'an, the Western Han capital, created by Emperor Wu in 104 BC.

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Metropolitan Governor of Henan (Henan yin)

The Metropolitan Governor of Henan (Henan yin, 河南尹) was a Western Jin office administering the capital region around Luoyang, held by figures like Pan Tao and Liu Mo.

Metropolitan Hilarion

Metropolitan Hilarion (Иларион) was Metropolitan of Kiev from 1051 to about 1054, the first native Rus'ian to hold the see, and author of the Sermon on Law and Grace.

Metropolitan Jonah

Metropolitan Jonah, known in Russian as Иона, митрополит Киевский и всея Руси, led the Russian Church from 1448 to 1461 as the first metropolitan appointed by Russian bishops without Constantinople's confirmation.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, colloquially the Met Life Tower, is a 700-foot Manhattan skyscraper at 1 Madison Avenue, built in 1909 and modeled on Venice's St. Mark's campanile.

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan line, also known as the Met line, is a London Underground line that descends from the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened in 1863.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), private non-profit museum founded 1870 in New York City, runs The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters, holds over 1.5 million objects, and drew 5.7 million visitors in FY2025.

Metropolitan Nikolai (Yarushevich)

Metropolitan Nikolai (Yarushevich) (Митрополит Николай (Ярушевич)), born Boris Yarushevich in 1891, was a Russian Orthodox bishop, Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, and first chairman of its Department for External Church Relations.

Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera (the Met) is New York's opera company, founded in 1883 and based at Lincoln Center since 1966. Known for its ~3,800-seat house, ~$330 million budget, Live in HD cinema simulcasts, and premieres of works by Black and female composers.

Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)

Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center: Wallace K. Harrison's white travertine opera house in Manhattan, opened September 16, 1966 with Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, replacing the 1883 Broadway and 39th Street house, about 4,000 seats.

Metropolitan Park (Queens)

Metropolitan Park, also called Hard Rock Metropolitan Park, is Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International's $8 billion casino and entertainment development on Citi Field's parking lots in Queens, with 25 acres of park space, licensed December 2025.

Metropolitan Peter

Metropolitan Peter (Пётр, митрополит Киевский и всея Руси) was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia from 1308 to 1326, who moved the church's see from Vladimir to Moscow.

Metropolitan Pimen

Metropolitan Pimen (Пимен, митрополит всея Руси; died 1389) was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus, head of the Russian Church from 1380, consecrated by deception and deposed twice.

Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police (Met) is Greater London's territorial police force, founded 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 with 895 constables, now leading UK counter-terrorism policing and overseen by MOPAC, the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London.

Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD), Washington, D.C.'s primary police agency, founded 1861, one of the 10 largest US local police agencies, seven districts, interim Chief Jeffery Carroll since December 2025.

Metropolitan Police F.C.

Metropolitan Police F.C., an English non-league football club founded in 1919 in East Molesey, Surrey, playing at Imber Court; former Spartan League Cup winners (1968-69), now in the Combined Counties League.

Metropolitan Railway

The Metropolitan Railway was a London railway company that opened the world's first underground passenger railway in 1863 and was absorbed into London transport in 1933.

Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives

The Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives were condensing tank engines that hauled the world's first underground passenger railway, opened in London in 1863, later working mainline services to Aylesbury.

Metropolitan statistical area

A metropolitan statistical area is a US county group built around an urbanized area of at least 50,000 people, defined by the Office of Management and Budget for federal statistics.

Metropolitan Theognostus

Metropolitan Theognostus (Феогност) was a Greek churchman who served as Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus from 1328 to 1353, residing in Moscow and excommunicating Pskov in 1329.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a New York State public benefit corporation that runs the New York City subway and buses, two commuter railroads, and toll bridges and tunnels.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is an independent interstate public body, created by Virginia and D.C. in 1987, that operates Reagan National and Dulles airports.

Metropolitan Water Board (London)

The Metropolitan Water Board was a public body created by the Metropolis Water Act 1902 to buy out London's private water companies, purchasing eight of them for £43 million.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, or MWD, is a public regional water wholesaler founded in 1928 that supplies imported water to nearly 19 million people.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), established in 1889, treats wastewater and manages stormwater in Cook County, Illinois, and reversed the Chicago River in 1900.

Metropolitan Waterworks Authority

The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (Thai: การประปานครหลวง) is a Thai state enterprise, created by legislative act in 1967, that produces and distributes potable water to Bangkok, Nonthaburi, and Samut Prakan, serving more than 12 million people.