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Definition of metropolitan county
: any of the six conurbations in England that were established as administrative units in 1974
Note: The six metropolitan counties are Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire. The metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986.
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The first known use of metropolitan county was in 1971
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