Metro is a neologism of metropolitan.
Metro has many uses, including:
Rapid transit systems
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Other transportation
Metro has also seen expanded usage in other transport related areas:
- Madison Metro, bus system in Madison, Wisconsin
- Metro (Belfast), Northern Ireland bus services in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Metro (West Yorkshire), the brand adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in England
- Metro Bus, a public transportation provider for St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
- METRO Light Rail (Phoenix), in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Arizona
- Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas in and around Houston, United States
- Metro Transit (King County) in King County, Seattle, Washington, United States
- NFTA Metro, in Erie and Niagara Counties of New York, United States
- The public transport in Christchurch, New Zealand is referred to as the Metro
- Swansea Metro, a bus rapid transit scheme in Wales
- Tranz Metro, commuter rail in Wellington, New Zealand
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, branded Metro, responsible for the rapid transit metro and metrobus systems
Populations and government
A metropolitan area is a large population area and its adjacent zone of influence. Specific usage examples include:
Retail businesses
- Metro AG, Germany's largest retailer
- Metro Cash and Carry, a cash-and-carry hypermarket chain owned by Metro AG
- Metro (supermarket, Canada), a Canadian supermarket chain
- Metro (supermarket, Egypt), an Egyptian supermarket chain
- Metro (supermarket, Indonesia), an Indonesian supermarket operator
- MetroCentre, largest indoor shopping mall in Europe located in Gateshead, England, UK.
Automobiles
Publications
- Metro (magazine), a monthly lifestyle magazine published in New Zealand
- Metro Magazine, a trade magazine published for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators since 1904
- Metro (Associated Metro Limited), a free daily newspaper in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
- Metro International, a Swedish media company that runs dozens of city and country editions in Europe, Asia and the Americas
- Metro Newspapers, a newspaper company in California, United States, which publishes:
- Metro (Belgian newspaper), separate versions in Belgium's two main languages, published in Brussels
- Metro (Zimbabwean newspaper), published in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Harian Metro, a newspaper published in Malaysia
Entertainment
Other
- MetroStars, a former United States Major League soccer club, now known as Red Bull New York
- The word for "metre", a unit of length, in several languages including Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
- "metrosexual", a neologism for a male (typically heterosexual) who spends large amounts of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle
- XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework, formerly code-named "Metro"
- Metro, Indonesia, a city in Lampung, Indonesia
- Metro Academic and Classical High School, a high school in St. Louis, MO
- METRo is a road forecast software;
- GlassFish Metro is an opensource web service stack that is part of the GlassFish project.
- Short for Metropolitan Airport
- Detroit Metro Airport
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