• n  in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
• n  a person who lives in a metropolis
• a  relating to or characteristic of a metropolis
  metropolitan area

News & Articles

• City Room: Metropolitan Diary: A Wardrobe Malfunction on the Subway
  Metropolitan Diary: On the subway, a man struggled to get his shirt buttons and tie to cooperate.        
  June 21, 2013 - New York Times
• City Room: Metropolitan Diary: Aspiring to Be Like Walt Whitman
  Metropolitan Diary: An overheard conversation between a writer and someone with encouraging advice.        
  June 20, 2013 - New York Times
• Fitch Rates Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Revs 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
  Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's approximately $242.74 million series 2013A, 2013B, and 2013C airport system revenue refunding bonds.
  June 20, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

• Dominic Grieve in Washington Post
  I initially thought it prudent to refrain from taking immediate action because of the pendency of a criminal investigation involving the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department, and... David Stern http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stern&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGIAMcpNLVMdBMZyP1MwrbIQwXPUw NBA.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/david_aldridge/01/06/arenas.suspended/%3Fls%3Diref:nbahpt1&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHjr0j5Hh3lRiXtdET2BpbB0zw8gQ Jan 6, 2010 63191 84316 metropolitan Dominic Grieve, the Conservative Party's spokesman for security matters, said Brown and other government leaders had shown a serious lack of judgment" in keeping Blair on after "the serial and systematic failings at the Metropolitan Police...
• James Levine in International Herald Tribune
  Few singers in the history of the Metropolitan Opera have had the popularity with the general public and the enormous impact that Luciano Pavarotti had during his 36-year career with the company,said Music Director James Levine, who...