Metropolis (disambiguation)

A metropolis (lit. "mother city") 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, a large city -- the most common current meaning
• 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

Metropolis may also refer to:

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 city in DC comics
• Metropolis (television), a fictional city in the fictional state of Evergreen in the show 21 Jump Street.

Entertainment

• Metropolis (film), a 1927 silent film directed by Fritz Lang
  • Metropolis (musical), an adaptation of the 1927 film
• Metropolis (manga), a manga by Osamu Tezuka
  • Metropolis (anime), a 2001 animated film
• The Metropolis, a novel by Upton Sinclair
• Metropolis, a radio program hosted by Jason Bentley
• Metropolis Symphony, a symphonic work by American composer Michael Daugherty

Albums

• Metropolis (Client album)
• Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)
• Metropolis (Swords album)
• Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase), an album by Janelle Monáe, or the series of musical suites it begins
• Metropolis, an album by Jeff Mills
• Metropolis, album by Norwegian rock band Seigmen
• Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, a concept album by Dream Theater released in 1999.
• Enter Metropolis, album by Danish Rock band Dúné

Songs

• "Metropolis," a song by The Church from Gold Afternoon Fix
• "Metropolis," a song by Gareth Emery
• "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 Motörhead from the album Overkill

Publications

• Metropolis (architecture magazine)
• Metropolis (free magazine), a Japanese city guide
• Metropolis Daily, a free Hong Kong newspaper

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

Other uses

• Metropolis (airline), Dutch airline
• Metropolis (barbershop quartet), singing group from the USA
• Metropolis (religious jurisdiction), a type of diocese
  • Metropolitan bishop
• Metropolis Coffee Company, a specialty coffee company located in Chicago, Illinois
• Metropolis Group, 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, an application of the Metropolis–Hastings algorithm in 3D rendering
• Metropolis Project, a research network studying human migration
• Metropolis Records, a record label in Philadelphia
• Metropolis Records (Serbia), a record label in Belgrade
• Alstom Metropolis, a set of metro trains

People with the surname

• Daniel Metropolis (born 1972), Australian rules footballer
• Nicholas Metropolis (1915–1999), Greek American physicist
• Peter Metropolis (born 1944), Australian rules footballer and administrator

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 soundtrack to the silent film
• "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper," a song by Dream Theater from Images and Words
• Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, an album by Dream Theater
• 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
• Metropolitan (disambiguation)