metropolitan countynoun [ C ]
/met.rəˌpɒl.ɪ.tən ˈkaʊn.ti//met.rəˌpɑː.lə.tən ˈkaʊn.t̬i/an area of England that includes a large city area and had its own local government until 1986:
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in northwest England.
In England there were six metropolitan counties supported by 36 metropolitan boroughs.
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- West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974.
- In 1986 the metropolitan counties were abolished.
- The Greater London Council, together with the English Metropolitan County Councils, was abolished in 1986.
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