metropolitan county
noun [ C ] uk/met.rəˌpɒl.ɪ.tən ˈkaʊn.ti/ us/met.rəˌpɑː.lə.tən ˈkaʊn.t̬i/
都市郡（英国旧有的一种行政区划，包括一个大城市和自己的地方政府，1986年撤销）
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. 大曼彻斯特是英格兰西北部的一个都市郡。
In England there were six metropolitan counties supported by 36 metropolitan boroughs. 英格兰曾有六个都市郡，包括36个都市自治市。
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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.