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A metropolis is a major city, defined in a variety of ways.

Type of city

Metropolis may refer to a variety of related concepts in urbanism:

Metropolis
Metropolis
A metropolis is a very large city or urban area which is a significant economic, political and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections and communications...

, a large city -- the most common current meaning
The "mother city" of a Greek colony
Colonies in antiquity
Colonies in antiquity were city-states founded from a mother-city—its "metropolis"—, not from a territory-at-large. Bonds between a colony and its metropolis remained often close, and took specific forms...

-- the original historical meaning
Metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

, a city and its surrounding territories
Conurbation
Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...

, a group of cities and territories considered together
Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)
Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)
A metropolis is a see or city whose bishop is the metropolitan of a province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces....

or episcopal see
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...

, the seat of a (metropolitan) bishop

Metropolis may also refer to:

Places

Metropolis, Illinois
Metropolis, Illinois
Metropolis is a city located along the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,482...

, a city in Massac County, Illinois, United States
Metropolis, Nevada
Metropolis, Nevada
Metropolis, Nevada is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, north of Wells.During the early twentieth century, many homesteaders attempted to farm in the Great Basin, especially in western Utah but also in northeastern Nevada. Creating the town of Metropolis was the project of an eastern...

, a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States
Metropolis (Anatolia)
Metropolis (Anatolia)
The classical city of Metropolis is situated in western Turkey near Torbali - approximately 40 km SE of Izmir. The city was first investigated through archaeological field work from 1972 by Professor Recep Meriç from the Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. Metropolis has been excavated since...

, a classical city in western Turkey

Fictional places

Metropolis (comics)
Metropolis (comics)
Metropolis is a fictional city that appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and is the home of Superman. Metropolis first appeared by name in Action Comics #16 ....

, a fictional city in DC comics
Metropolis (television), a fictional city in the fictional state of Evergreen in the show 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...

.

Entertainment

Metropolis (film)
Metropolis (film)
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social crisis between workers and...

, a 1927 silent film directed by Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
- Metropolis (musical)
  Metropolis (musical)
  Metropolis is a musical based on the 1927 silent movie of the same name that was staged at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in 1989. The music was written by Joe Brooks, the lyrics by Dusty Hughes. The show was directed by Jerome Savary...
  
  , an adaptation of the 1927 film
Metropolis (manga)
Metropolis (manga)
, also known as Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis or Robotic Angel is a Japanese manga by Osamu Tezuka published in 1949. It has been adapted into a feature length anime, released in 2001...

, a manga by Osamu Tezuka
- Metropolis (anime)
  Metropolis (anime)
  Metropolis is a 2001 [anime] film and loosely based on the 1949 Metropolis manga created by the late Osamu Tezuka, itself inspired by the 1927 German silent film of the same name, though the two do not share plot elements. The anime, however, does draw aspects of its storyline directly from the...
  
  , a 2001 animated film
The Metropolis, a novel by Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. , was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle . It exposed conditions in the U.S...
Metropolis, a radio program hosted by Jason Bentley
Jason Bentley
Jason Bentley is a radio disc jockey of electronic music in Los Angeles, California. On December 1, 2008, Bentley replaced Nic Harcourt as the host of Morning Becomes Eclectic and as Music Director for KCRW...
Metropolis Symphony
Metropolis Symphony
Metropolis Symphony for Orchestra by American composer Michael Daugherty, is a five-movement symphony inspired by Superman comics. The entire piece was created over the span of five years with separate commissions for each movement. Individual movements may be performed separately, however, it is...

, a symphonic work by American composer Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty
Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. Influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism, Daugherty is one of the most colorful and widely performed American concert music composers of his generation...

Albums

Metropolis (Client album)
Metropolis (Client album)
Metropolis is a compilation album by the English electronic group Client. It was first released digitally on 2 May 2005, and was later made available on CD on 20 April 2006 exclusively at the Client Store...
Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)
Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)
Metropolis is an album by industrial rock band Sister Machine Gun.-Track listing:# This Metal Sky – 2:28# Desperation – 3:45# Temptation – 4:38# Think – 3:49# Living Without You – 3:51# Torque – 4:05# White Lightning – 4:52...
Metropolis (Swords album)
Metropolis (Swords album)
Metropolis is the first LP from the band Swords, but the third release from the group, originally named The Swords Project.-Track listing:# "The Product of Harm" – 5:18# "The Mark" – 4:10# "Savage Republic" – 4:20...
Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase), an album by Janelle Monáe, or the series of musical suite
Suite
In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...

s it begins
Metropolis, an album by Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills is an American techno DJ and producer.-Career:Starting in the early 1980s, Mills, using the name "The Wizard", was a recurring guest DJ on "The Electrifying Mojo" radio show on WJLB...
Metropolis
Metropolis (Seigmen album)
Metropolis is an album by Norwegian rock band Seigmen. In addition to this version, sung in Norwegian, there is also an English version called Metropolis - The Grandmaster Recordings.-Track listing:# "Metropolis" – 6:13# "Regn" - 4:16...

, album by Norwegian rock band Seigmen
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory is the fifth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1999. It is a concept album that deals with the story of a man named Nicholas and the discovery of his past life, which involves love, murder, and infidelity as Victoria Page...

, a concept album by Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...

released in 1999.
Enter Metropolis, album by Danish Rock band Dúné
Dúné
Dúné is a Danish rock band. It was founded 2001 in Skive, Denmark, where all seven band members went to the same school. Their style is comparable to British and American Electro rock and resembles elements of 1980s pop music and 1970s punk rock...

Songs

"Metropolis," a song by The Church from Gold Afternoon Fix
Gold Afternoon Fix
Gold Afternoon Fix, The Church's seventh studio album, and second on Arista, was released in February 1990. Meant to capitalize and build on the success of 1988's Starfish, the album saw considerable promotion upon its release...
"Metropolis," a song by Gareth Emery
Gareth Emery
Gareth Emery is a trance-genre producer and DJ. In 2011 he was voted the #13 DJ in the world by DJ Mag Poll.-Background:...
"Metropolis," a song by Kraftwerk from The Man-Machine
The Man-Machine
The Man-Machine is the seventh studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released in May 1978. It contains the song "The Model" which was a chart-topping single in the UK in 1982....
"Metropolis," a song by Seigmen from Metropolis (Seigmen album)
Metropolis (Seigmen album)
Metropolis is an album by Norwegian rock band Seigmen. In addition to this version, sung in Norwegian, there is also an English version called Metropolis - The Grandmaster Recordings.-Track listing:# "Metropolis" – 6:13# "Regn" - 4:16...
"Metropolis," a song by L'Arc-en-Ciel from Winter Fall
Winter Fall
"Winter Fall" is the ninth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on January 28, 1998. It debuted at number 1 on the Oricon chart, making it their first number-one single. The single was re-released on August 30, 2006.-Track listing:-Chart positions:...
"Metropolis," a song by Motörhead from Overkill
Overkill (album)
Overkill is the second album released by Motörhead, in 1979, and their first for Bronze Records. It peaked at number 24 on the UK charts.It had a big impact in the British punk culture of that time, paving the way for UK82. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No...
"Metropolis," a song by Nash the Slash from Children of the Night
"Metropolis," a song by Scooter from Under the Radar Over the Top
Under the Radar Over the Top
Under the Radar Over the Top is the fourteenth studio album by German hard dance group Scooter. The album was released on 2 October 2009, preceded by the single "J'adore Hardcore" on 14 August. A second single, "Ti Sento", was released on the same day as the album...
"Metropolis," a song by The Vision Bleak from The Deathship Has a New Captain
The Deathship Has A New Captain
The Deathship Has A New Captain is the first album released by German gothic metal/Horror Punk band The Vision Bleak. It was released in 2004 and is available on CD, limited 2-CD Digi-Pack Edition and limited 2-LP.- Track listing :#"A Shadow Arose" – 2:53...
"Metropolis," a song by Zion I from Mind Over Matter
Mind Over Matter (Zion I album)
Mind Over Matter is the debut album from Oakland hip hop group Zion I. The effort was one of the most critically acclaimed underground Hip Hop albums of the year 2000, popular for their use of futuristic beats, live instrumentation and positive, socially conscious lyrics. Mind Over Matter was...
Metropolis: a Fantasy in Blue, a composition by Ferde Grofé
Ferde Grofé
Ferde Grofé was a prominent American composer, arranger and pianist. During the 1920s and 1930s, he went by the name Ferdie Grofé.-Early life:...
"Metropolis, Pt. I: The Miracle and the Sleeper" a song by Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...

from "Images and Words
Images and Words
Images and Words is currently ranked #2 on Digital Dream Door's list of the top 100 progressive metal albums of all time. Music critic Piero Scaruffi includes the album at number 8, just after Fear Factory's Demanufacture and before Sepultura's Roots, in his classification of the best metal albums...

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"Metropolis," a song by Motörhead from the album Overkill
Overkill (album)
Overkill is the second album released by Motörhead, in 1979, and their first for Bronze Records. It peaked at number 24 on the UK charts.It had a big impact in the British punk culture of that time, paving the way for UK82. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No...

Publications

Metropolis (architecture magazine)
Metropolis (free magazine), a Japanese city guide
Metropolis Daily
Metropolis Daily
Metropolis Daily is the Hong Kong edition of Metro , which publishes free newspapers around the world with 25 editions in 16 countries in 14 languages...

, a free Hong Kong newspaper

Buildings

Metropolis Building
Metropolis Building
The Metropolis Building or Edificio Metrópolis is an office building in Madrid, Spain, at the corner of the Calle de Alcalá and Gran Vía. Inaugurated in 1911, it was designed by Jules and Raymond Février for the insurance company La Unión y el Fénix...

, Madrid, Spain
Metropolis (Auckland building)
Metropolis (Auckland building)
Metropolis is a 40-storey residential / hotel skyscraper in the Auckland CBD of Auckland, New Zealand, developed in 1999 by Krukziener Properties. Commended for its style and quality, the NZ$180 million cost of its construction also led to major financial fallout. Metropolis is considered one of...

, New Zealand
Métropolis (concert hall)
Métropolis (concert hall)
Métropolis is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Métropolis club is located in the central part of the city's downtown, on Sainte-Catherine Street between St-Dominique, and De Bullion Streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles...

, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Metropolis (mall)
Metropolis (mall)
Metropolis is a . open-air lifestyle center located in Plainfield, Indiana, just southwest of Indianapolis. A progressive shopping and entertainment destination, Metropolis has given Westside shoppers a regional shopping destination...

, Indiana, United States
Metropolis at Metrotown, British Columbia, Canada
10 Dundas East or Metropolis, Ontario, Canada

Other uses

Metropolis (airline)
Metropolis (airline)
Metropolis is an airline based in the Netherlands....

, Dutch airline
Metropolis (barbershop quartet), singing group from the USA
Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)
Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)
A metropolis is a see or city whose bishop is the metropolitan of a province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces....

, a type of diocese
- Metropolitan bishop
  Metropolitan bishop
  In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
Metropolis Coffee Company
Metropolis Coffee Company
Metropolis Coffee Company is a coffee roasting company and retailer located at 1039 W. Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The company supplies coffee to several Chicago-area cafes and restaurants, as well Chicago locations of Whole Foods...

, a specialty coffee company located in Chicago, Illinois
Metropolis Group
Metropolis Group
Metropolis Group is a music production and entertainment industry company established in 1989 by Gary Langan, Carey Taylor and Karin Clayton. It is located in The Power House, a Grade II listed building, at 70 Chiswick High Road in Chiswick, London, England. Metropolis Group is considered one of...

, holding company for Metropolis Studios, a recording studio in London
Metropolis–Hastings algorithm, algorithm underlying the Monte Carlo method for simulating interacting particles
- Metropolis light transport
  Metropolis light transport
  The Metropolis light transport is a SIGGRAPH 1997 paper by Eric Veach and Leonidas J. Guibas, describing an application of a variant of the Monte Carlo method called the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm to the rendering equation for generating images from detailed physical descriptions of three...
  
  , an application of the Metropolis–Hastings algorithm in 3D rendering
Metropolis Project
Metropolis Project
The Metropolis Project is an international network for comparative research and public policy development on migration, diversity, and immigrant integration in cities in Canada and around the world....

, a research network studying human migration
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....

, a record label in Philadelphia
Metropolis Records (Serbia)
Metropolis Records (Serbia)
Metropolis Records is a record label based in Belgrade, Serbia.Formed in 1994, the label is mainly oriented towards rock music, and has released albums by a numerous notable acts of the Serbian rock scene.- Artists :...

, a record label in Belgrade
Alstom Metropolis, a set of metro trains

People with the surname

Daniel Metropolis
Daniel Metropolis
Daniel Metropolis is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers between 1992 and 2001.-Career:...

(born 1972), Australian rules footballer
Nicholas Metropolis
Nicholas Metropolis
Nicholas Constantine Metropolis was a Greek American physicist.-Work:Metropolis received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics at the University of Chicago...

(1915–1999), Greek American physicist
Peter Metropolis
Peter Metropolis
Peter James Metropolis is a former Australian rules football player and administrator. He played 159 games for the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League , including the 1973 premiership, and later served as president of the club.-Playing career:Metropolis began his football...

(born 1944), Australian rules footballer and administrator

Type of city

Places

Fictional places

Entertainment

Albums

Songs

Publications

Buildings

Other uses

People with the surname

See also