Metro
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Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
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Etymology
The term metro for underground rapid transit originally comes from the name of the Paris underground (Chemin de Fer Métropolitain) which was shortened to métropolitain "metropolitan" and then to métro. The prefix metro comes from the word metropolis from the Greek μήτηρ ( mētēr) "mother" and πόλις (pólis) "city/town" which means is a big city. The term was originally used by the Paris rapid transit system to differentiate it from non-urban railway systems.
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Noun
- An underground railway, in particular that in Paris or Moscow.
- A train that runs on such an underground railway.
- An urban rapid transit light railway
- A train that runs on such a railway.
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Public transport
- Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency
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Rail systems
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Africa
- Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt
- Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria
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Asia
- Shanghai Metro, in Shanghai, China
- Taipei Metro, railway system in Taipei, Taiwan
- Bangkok Metro, railway system in Bangkok, Thailand
- Lahore Metro, in Lahore, Pakistan
- Dubai Metro, in Dubai
- Chennai Metro, in Chennai
- Delhi Metro, Delhi & NCR regions
- Kolkata Metro, in Kolkata
- Mumbai Metro, in Mumbai
- Hyderabad Metro, in Hyderabad
- Kochi Metro, in Kochi
- Nagpur Metro, in Nagpur
- Lucknow Metro, in Lucknow
- Noida Metro, in Noida
- Namma Metro, in Bengaluru
- Gurugram Rapid Metro, in Gurugram
- Jaipur Metro, in Jaipur Pink City
- Ahmedabad Metro, in Amdavad
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Europe
- Amsterdam Metro, Netherlands
- Athens Metro, in Athens, Greece
- Berlin U-Bahn, Germany
- Copenhagen Metro, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Helsinki Metro, the rapid transit system serving Helsinki, Finland
- Istanbul Metro, Turkey
- Kiev Metro, Ukraine
- Moscow Metro opened in 1935, the first of several rapid transit systems built in the Soviet Union
- Oslo Metro, Oslo, Norway
- Paris Métro in Paris, France
- Prague Metro in Prague, Czech Republic
- Rotterdam Metro, Netherlands
- Saint Petersburg Metro opened in 1955, Russia
- Thessaloniki Metro, in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Warsaw Metro, in Poland
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United Kingdom
- London's Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway and a precursor of the London Underground
- Manchester Metrolink, a light urban tram system, England
- West Midlands Metro, light rail tram system between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, England
- South Wales Metro, proposed integration of rail and bus services, Wales
- Tyne and Wear Metro, light rail system, North East England
- Nottingham Express Transit, a tramway serving Nottingham.
- Tramlink, light rail system operating in Croydon and surrounding South London.
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North America
- Mexico City Metro, in Mexico
- Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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United States
- Metro (Los Angeles)
- Washington Metro, heavy rail rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs
- Metro (Minnesota)
- Muni Metro, light rail system, San Francisco, California
- Metro-North Railroad, New York and suburban rail system
- Metro Transit (Minnesota), existing and proposed light rail and bus rapid transit lines
- Valley Metro Rail, mainly in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, Arizona
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Oceania
- Metro Trains Melbourne, in Australia
- Melbourne Metro Rail Project, a metropolitan rail infrastructure project currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia
- Metro Transport Sydney, the former operator of Sydney Light Rail and Sydney Monorail
- Tranz Metro, commuter rail operator, Wellington, New Zealand
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South America
- Metro de Santiago, the second largest in South America, serving Santiago, Chile
- Caracas metro, is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela
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Bus services and other transit authorities
- Metrobus (disambiguation), several bus operators
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Europe
- Metro (Belfast), bus services, Northern Ireland
- West Yorkshire Metro or MetroTrain, England
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North America
- Metro (Houston)
- Metro (St. Louis)
- Greater Portland Metro Bus, Maine
- King County Metro, Seattle, Washington
- Madison Metro, Wisconsin
- Metro Transit (disambiguation):, such as
- Metro Transit (Halifax), Nova Scotia, Canada
- Metro Transit (Kalamazoo), Michigan
- Metro Transit (Minnesota), Minneapolis-Saint Paul
- Metro Transit (Oklahoma City)
- Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Metro, Erie, and Niagara counties, New York
- Metro, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, rail and bus systems
- Mountain Metropolitan Transit, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Oceania
- Metro (Christchurch), co-ordinated public transport, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Metro Tasmania, a state-owned bus company
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Airports
- Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Michigan, United States
- Metro International Airlines, a charter and scheduled passenger subsidiary of the defunct Flying Tiger Line
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Education
- Metro Academic and Classical High School, St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
- Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Media and entertainment
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Broadcasting
- Metro Broadcast Corporation, with a variety of Hong Kong‑based Metro‑branded radio stations
- Metro FM, a national radio station, South Africa
- Metro Radio, a radio station, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England
- Metro TV or MetroTV, several television stations
- Metro 14, on air name of CJNT-DT, a television station, Montreal, Quebec
- Radio Metro, a radio station, Argentina
- Metro (Poland), a Polish television channel
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Film
- Metro (1997 film), starring Eddie Murphy
- Metro (2007 film)
- Metro (2013 film), Russian film
- Metro (2016 film), a Tamil language film
- The Metro (film), a 2011 Malayalam-language film
- Metro Pictures, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's predecessor companies
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Music
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Artists
- Metro (Hungarian band)
- Metro (British band), active 1976–1980
- Metro (Serbian band), active 1981–1985; 1994–1997
- Metrô (band), Brazilian new wave band active 1978–1988; 2002–2004; 2014; 2015–present
- Metro Boomin (born 1993), American songwriter, known simply as Metro
- The Metros, an English indie band active 2006–2009
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Titled works
- Metro (album), 1977 self-titled album by the British band
- Metro (musical), a 1991 Polish musical
- "Metro" (The Vincent Black Shadow song), a 2006 song by The Vincent Black Shadow
- "The Metro" (song), a 1983 single by Berlin
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Venues
- Metro Chicago, a music venue, Chicago, United States
- The Metro Theatre, a music venue, Sydney, Australia
- Metro Nightclub, the former name of the Palace theatre, Melbourne, Australia
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Periodicals
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Magazines
- Metro (magazine), New Zealand lifestyle magazine
- Metro Magazine, for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators
- Metro Weekly, a free weekly magazine-style publication for the LGBT community of Washington, D.C.
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Newspapers
- Harian Metro, Malaysia
- Metro (Belgian newspaper)
- Metro (British newspaper)
- Metro (Dutch newspaper)
- Metro (Italian newspaper)
- Metro (Swedish newspaper)
- Metro (U.S. newspaper), largest circulation among free newspapers in the United States
- Métro (Montreal newspaper), a French-language free newspaper
- Metro Daily, Hong Kong newspaper
- Metro International, a Swedish media company
- Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California which publishes:
- Metro Santa Cruz, former name of a newspaper in Santa Cruz, California, renamed the Santa Cruz Weekly
- Metro Silicon Valley, a newspaper in San Jose, California
- StarMetro (newspaper), a chain of Canadian free newspapers (formerly called Metro until April 2018)
- Zimbabwe Metro
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Retail businesses
- Metro (department store), a chain based in Singapore
- Metro (supermarket, Greece)
- Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), a real estate and property management company
- Metro AG, Germany's largest retailer
- MetroCentre (shopping centre), indoor shopping mall, Gateshead, England, UK
- Metro Cash and Carry, a hypermarket chain owned by Metro AG
- METRO Foods Trading, Cyprus
- Metro Inc., a Canadian supermarket chain
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Sports
- Metro (wrestler), a Mexican masked luchador
- Metro Conference, a defunct NCAA Division I athletic conference
- Metro FC (New Zealand), association football club based in Auckland
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Technology
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- Metro (design language), developed by Microsoft for interfaces
- GlassFish Metro, an open source web service stack that is part of the GlassFish project
- Metro Ethernet, an Ethernet-based computer network that covers a metropolitan area
- Metro, former code name of the XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework
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Vehicles
- Austin Metro and MG Metro, produced by Austin Rover in Europe
- Fairchild Metro, a commuter airliner
- Geo Metro, a variant of the Suzuki Cultus sold in North America
- International Harvester Metro Van
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Other uses
- Metro (novel), by Vladimir Varankin
- Metro (restaurant chain), an Icelandic fast food chain
- Metro (typeface)
- Metro (Oregon regional government)
- Metro, Lampung, a city in Indonesia
- Metro: Last Light, a video game, sequel to Metro 2033
- Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), a non-profit organization
- Metro by T-Mobile, a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States
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See also
- El Metro 4, a Mexican high-ranking drug trafficker
- Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa, Mexican drug lord nicknamed Metro 2
- Samuel Flores Borrego (1972–2011), Mexican drug lord nicknamed Metro 3
- Metro 2033, a novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky
- Metro 2033 (video game), a 2010 video game based on the novel
- Metropolitan (disambiguation)
- Metrorail (disambiguation)
- metrosexual
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