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metropolitan area network
metropolitan area network A metropolitan area network, often abbreviated to MAN, is an IEEE-approved network that serves a metropolitan area such as a city or a town, although it is not restricted to such uses. For example, the term has been used to describe a network connecting a number of local u... Read more
Metropolitan Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera Company term used in referring collectively to the organizations that have produced opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. The original house, at West 39th Street and Broadway, was built by members of New York society who could not be accommodated with boxes at the... Read more
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, founded in 1870. The Metropolitan Museum is the foremost repository of art in the United States and one of the world's great museums. It opened in 1880 on its present site on Central Park facing Fifth Ave. The original Gothic Revival-style building was desi... Read more
Hyde
Hyde town (1991 pop. 33,657), Tameside metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. It has iron foundries and factories that produce cotton, machinery, rubber, paper, and hats. ... Read more
Leigh
Leigh , town (1991 pop. 42,627), Wigan metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills, metalworks, and machinery and electrical goods plants. ... Read more
Stretford
Stretford town (1991 pop. 47,522), Trafford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Contiguous with Manchester and Salford, it has a large dock area and various manufactures. ... Read more
Swinton
Swinton town (1991 pop. 44,416), Salford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. The town has cotton mills and factories for pottery, chemicals, and storage batteries. ... Read more
Heywood
Heywood town (1991 pop. 29,639), Rochdale metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Heywood's products include cotton goods, metal goods, boilers, industrial inks, carpets, paper, rope, and machinery. ... Read more
Radcliffe
Radcliffe town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical, engineering, and paper plants. The parish church, founded in Norman times, has been restored. ... Read more
Wallasey
Wallasey , city (1991 pop. 62,465), Wirral metropolitan district, W central England, on the tip of Wirral peninsula at the mouth of the Mersey River, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Some industry exists, such as flour milling and ship repairing, but Wallasey is primarily residential. Ne... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Metropolitan"

Metropolitan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History METROPOLITAN A metropolitan is the chief prelate in an ecclesiastical territory that usually coincided with a civil province. The metropolitan ranks just below a patriarch and just above an archbishop, except...
Regions, Metropolitan
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Regions, Metropolitan At the beginning of the twentieth...places. This new trend was one of metropolitan development in contrast to merely...central cities. The growth of the metropolitan region was a major social pattern...
Metropolitan Opera Company
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Metropolitan Opera Company term used in referring...organizations that have produced opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. The original...was undertaken by a new company, the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company. The...
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed. STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS Since the mid...Management and Budget has defined three metropolitan statistical areas. Originally...standard designation was the Standard Metropolitan Area; in 1959 it was changed to...
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Small Business Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) A Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is a designation the U.S...parts of a larger aggregate, and CMSAs (consolidated metropolitan statistical areas) which held multiple PMSAs. Now it...
Hilarion, Metropolitan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History HILARION, METROPOLITAN (Eleventh century; exact dates unknown), first native of Rus to be metropolitan of Kiev, author of the Sermon on Law...Carpatho-Rusyn (native of Rus), as metropolitan bishop. He is described as a devout...
Makary, Metropolitan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History MAKARY, METROPOLITAN (c. 1482 – 1563), also...Novgorod (1526 – 1542); metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus (1542...fifteenth century. In February 1523, Metropolitan Daniel appointed Makary archimandrite...
Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ The Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ was a Spiritualist church...in several places in the epistles of St. Paul. The Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ were founded in Kansas...
United Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology United Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ The United Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ were founded in 1945...1942 Watson led his church into a merger with the Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ to form the United...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, founded in 1870. The Metropolitan Museum is the foremost repository of art in the...guidebooks, The Cloisters, (3d ed. 1963) and Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide (ed. by P. de Montebello...

Dictionary entries related to "Metropolitan"

Metropolitan Government
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT refers to the government of a metropolitan area as a whole, as opposed to the fragmentary rule of individual municipalities that constitute the area. Because of America's permissive municipal incorporation...
metropolitan
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...surrounding areas: the Boston metropolitan area. 2. of, relating to, or...state of a colony or dependency: metropolitan Spain. 3. Christian Church of, relating to, or denoting a metropolitan or his see: a metropolitan bishop...
Canterbury, metropolitan diocese of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Canterbury, metropolitan diocese of The diocese, comprising...cent. the short‐lived metropolitan status of Lichfield almost eclipsed...the question. York was to have metropolitan authority over the north as...
metropolitan area network
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet metropolitan area network A metropolitan area network, often abbreviated to MAN, is an IEEE -approved network that serves a metropolitan area such as a city or a town, although it is not restricted...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. The founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art hoped it would fill the need for a national art collection. Some had perceived this need for decades before the Civil War. In the 1860s sectional...
York, metropolitan diocese of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History York, metropolitan diocese of The present province of...protracted. York's claim to be a metropolitan see independent of Canterbury was...Canterbury's favour. York was to have metropolitan authority over the north as ‘...
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area See METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA .
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area See METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA .
Metropolitan Opera House
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Metropolitan Opera House. Chief Amer. opera house, now a constituent of NY's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts . Opened Sept., 1966...
metropolitan area exchange
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet metropolitan area exchange A NETWORK ACCESS POINT where INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS can establish connections with each other's systems. Sometimes it is abbreviated to MAE.

Thesaurus entries related to "Metropolitan"

urban
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English urban • adjective   synonyms : city, cityish, citified, inner-city, town, townish, metropolitan, municipal, civic, oppidan.
municipal
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus municipal • adjective  land use is controlled by the municipal authorities synonyms : civic, civil, metropolitan, urban, city, town, borough. antonym: rural.
civic
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus civic • adjective  they encourage their children to participate in civic affairs synonyms : municipal, city, town, urban, metropolitan; public, civil, community, local.
provincial
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...country, rustic, backwoods, backwater; informal one-horse, hick, jerkwater, freshwater. antonyms: national, metropolitan, cosmopolitan.   3. provincial attitudes synonyms : unsophisticated, narrow-minded, parochial, small-town...
downtown
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...central) business district, urban core; inner city; informal concrete jungle. • adjective  downtown shoppers want better parking facilities synonyms : central, metropolitan, metro, urban; uptown, midtown.
city
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus city • noun  Phoenix is my favorite city in the Southwest synonyms : town, municipality, metropolis, megalopolis, megacity; conurbation, urban area, metropolitan area, urban municipality; borough, township; informal burg.
bishop
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus bishop • noun  a meeting of the bishops synonyms : diocesan, metropolitan, suffragan, eparch, exarch; formal prelate.

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Metropolitan Classification for Census Years before World War II.(Integrated Public Use Microdata Series)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Historical Methods; 6/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...to studying the differences between metropolitan core and fringe populations since World...devoted considerably less attention to metropolitan populations in the late nineteenth...data for the period 1950 to 1990 using metropolitan classifications that are comparable...
Metropolitan Financial acquires more RTC deposits. (Resolution Trust Corporation, Midwest Savings Association's Burnsville, Minnesota branch through Metropolitan Federal Bank)
PR Newswire; 10/8/1990; 700+ words ; METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL ACQUIRES MORE RTC DEPOSITS MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC...from the Resolution Trust Corporation. Metropolitan Financial Corporation, which acquired...
Metropolitan Federal Savings and Loan Association enters into agreement with OTS regarding credit restructuring. (Office of Thrift Supervision)
PR Newswire; 10/16/1990; 700+ words ; METROPOLITAN FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION...Tenn., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Federal Savings and Loan Association...aggregate indebtedness by the borrower to Metropolitan Federal exceeds $1.0 million...
Metropolitan Mortgage Announces Formation of Reorganization Committee, Appointment of Chief Restructuring Officer and Resignation of Directors.
PR Newswire; 2/24/2004; 700+ words ; ...Wash., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co...reorganization of the company. Both Metropolitan Mortgage and its affiliate, Summit...Financial Officer for both Summit and Metropolitan; Metropolitan Mortgage legal counsel...
METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND RTC CONCLUDE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS
PR Newswire; 12/18/1991; 700+ words ; METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND RTC CONCLUDE...MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC...conclude the agreements. In August, Metropolitan announced that the RTC had given notice...
Metropolitan Board Chairman Outlines Agency's Model Public Business Philosophy; Actress Rene Russo Addresses MWD Board, as Board Officers Begin New Terms.
Business Wire; 1/29/2003; 700+ words ; ...the chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California...sets priorities. During a special Metropolitan board meeting to install new officers...viewpoint. Pace, who was re-elected to Metropolitan's top leadership post last October...
METROPOLITAN'S STOCK OFFERING TO FUND AMBITIOUS GROWTH PLAN.
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 4/19/1999; ; 700+ words ; Metropolitan Financial Corp. refuses to let a bearish market for...capital," said Judy Adam, chief financial officer of Metropolitan Financial, the parent company of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., a Mayfield Heights-based...
Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Examiner Wants $900,000.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/24/2004; 700+ words ; ...s been charged with delving into Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Inc...attorney representing creditors in the Metropolitan bankruptcy case expressed sticker shock...part of a sweeping investigation of Metropolitan that includes federal and state securities...
Ohio-Based Metropolitan Bank Expands Mortgage Lending Operations.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...boss as vice president and manager of Metropolitan Bank & Trust's new mortgage...his boss," said Wenmoth, who is Metropolitan's senior vice president of residential...2680 W. Market St. is evidence of Metropolitan's push south from its base in Mayfield...
METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL COMPLETES EUREKA SAVINGS BANK MERGER AND EXPANDS KANSAS PRESENCE
PR Newswire; 8/6/1993; 700+ words ; ...MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Metropolitan Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC...chartered stock savings bank, merged with Metropolitan Federal Bank, fsb, the savings bank subsidiary of Metropolitan Financial Corporation. The acquisition...