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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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