Metropolis (disambiguation)

A metropolis is a large city.

Metropolis may also refer to:

Type of city

• The "mother city" of a Greek colony, the original historical meaning
• Metropolitan area, a city and its surrounding territories
• Conurbation, a group of cities and territories considered together
• Metropolis (religious jurisdiction) or episcopal see, the seat of a (metropolitan) bishop

Places

• Metropolis, Illinois, a city in Massac County, Illinois, United States
• Metropolis, Nevada, a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States
• Metropolis (Anatolia), a classical city in western Turkey

Fictional places

• Metropolis (comics), a fictional American city in DC comics home to Superman
• Metropolis, a fictional American city in the fictional state of Evergreen in the TV series 21 Jump Street

People

• Metropolis (surname)

Religion

• Metropolis (religious jurisdiction), a type of diocese
  • Metropolitan bishop

Companies

• Metropolis Coffee Company, a specialty coffee company located in Chicago, Illinois
• Metropolis Group, holding company for Metropolis Studios, a recording studio in London

Computing and mathematics

• Metropolis–Hastings algorithm, algorithm underlying the Monte Carlo method for simulating interacting particles
  • Metropolis light transport, an application of the Metropolis–Hastings algorithm in 3D rendering
• "Metropolis UI", a set of features that produce applications compatible with the look and feel of the Microsoft® Windows 8 user interface. Developed by Embarcadero Technologies.

Other

• Metropolis Project, a research network studying human migration
• TV Metropolis, a Serbian music channel similar to MTV
• Alstom Metropolis, a set of metro trains
• "Metropolis", a former name for the City team in the City vs Country Origin rugby league match

Buildings

• Metropolis Building, Madrid, Spain
• Metropolis (Auckland building), New Zealand
• Métropolis (concert hall), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Metropolis (mall), Indiana, United States
• Metropolis at Metrotown, British Columbia, Canada
• 10 Dundas East or Metropolis, Ontario, Canada
• M-Towers or Metropolis Towers, Gżira, Malta

Books and Publications

• The Metropolis, a novel by Upton Sinclair
• Metropolis (architecture magazine)
• Metropolis (free magazine), a Japanese city guide
• Metropolis Daily, a free Hong Kong newspaper
• The Metropolis and Mental Life, an essay by Georg Simmel

Film and TV and radio

• Metropolis (1927 film), a 1927 silent film directed by Fritz Lang
  • Metropolis (musical), an adaptation of the 1927 film
• Metropolis (manga), a 1949 manga by Osamu Tezuka
  • Metropolis (2001 film), a 2001 animated film
• Metropolis, a radio program hosted by Jason Bentley
• ''Metropolis'' (2015 TV Show), aired on the Travel Channel

Music

• Metropolis Records, a record label in Philadelphia
• Metropolis Records (Serbia), a record label in Belgrade
• Metropolis (barbershop quartet), singing group from the USA
• Metropolis (band) project of Thor Baldursson
• "Metropolis", the stage name of one of the members of the UK hip-hop and electro group Foreign Beggars
• Metropolis Symphony, a symphonic work by American composer Michael Daugherty
• Metropolis TV, a Dutch television program on life and cultures around the world

Albums

• Metropolis (Peter Cincotti album), 2012
• Metropolis (Client album), 2005
• Metropolis (FM album)
• Metropolis (Guccini album), 1981
• Metropolis (Robby Maria album), 2013
• Metropolis (Seigmen album),a 1995 album by Norwegian rock band Seigmen
• Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album), 1997
• Metropolis (Swords album)
• Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase), a 2007 album by Janelle Monáe
• Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, a concept album by Dream Theater released in 1999.
• Metropolis, an album by Jeff Mills
• Metropolis, a Future Crew tribute album.

Songs

• "Metropolis" (song), a 1992 song by The Future Sound of London under the alias Metropolis
• "Metropolis" (The Church song) a song by The Church from Gold Afternoon Fix
• "Metropolis", a song by Gareth Emery
• "Metropolis", a song by David Guetta & Nicky Romero
• "Metropolis", a song by Kraftwerk from The Man-Machine
• "Metropolis", a song by Seigmen from Metropolis (Seigmen album)
• "Metropolis", a song by L'Arc-en-Ciel from Winter Fall
• "Metropolis", a song by Motörhead from Overkill
• "Metropolis", a song by Nash the Slash from Children of the Night
• "Metropolis", a song by Scooter from Under the Radar Over the Top
• "Metropolis", a song by The Vision Bleak from The Deathship Has a New Captain
• "Metropolis", a song by Zion I from Mind Over Matter
• Metropolis: a Fantasy in Blue, a composition by Ferde Grofé
• "Metropolis, Pt. I: The Miracle and the Sleeper" a song by Dream Theater from Images and Words
• "Metropolis", a song by Owl City from the album The Midsummer Station
• "Metropolis", a song by Peter Cincotti from the album Metropolis
• "Metropolis", a song by Faded Paper Figures from the album Dynamo

See also

• Captain Metropolis, a character in the Watchmen comics series
• Superman's Metropolis, a comic book
• Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York, a concert film by Dream Theater
• Metropolis Rescore by The New Pollutants, a 2005 soundtrack to the silent film
• Metropolis Zone, a level in the game Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the chief police officer of London's Metropolitan Police
• mTropolis, a multimedia programming application
• Metropolitan (disambiguation)