Metis

Metis may refer to:

Astronomy

• Metis (moon), the innermost of Jupiter's known moons
• 9 Metis, an asteroid
• METIS, the mid-infrared imager and spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope

Culture

• Metis (mythology), a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus
• Metis, a fictional breed of werewolves in the role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Ethnic groups

• Métis, ethnic groups of mixed indigenous North American and European ancestry
• Métis in Canada
  • Manitoba Métis Federation
  • Métis Nation British Columbia
  • Métis Nation of Alberta
  • Métis Nation of Ontario
  • Métis Nation—Saskatchewan
  • Métis National Council
  • North Slave Métis Alliance
  • Vancouver Métis Community Association
• Métis in the United States

People

• Metis (American musician) (21st century), American rapper
• Metis (Japanese musician) (born 1984), Japanese reggae singer

Places

• Grand-Métis, Quebec, Canada
• Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada
• Saint-Paul-des-Métis, now St. Paul, Alberta, Canada
• Metis Shoal, the tip of a submarine volcano in Tonga, which occasionally erupts to form the temporary island Late'iki
• Metiş, a village in Mihăileni, Sibiu, Romania

Technology and business

• Metis (software), business modeling software
• 9K115 Metis, a Russian anti–tank missile system
• 9K115-2 Metis-M, a Russian anti–tank missile system
• Metis TransPacific Airlines, a Canadian airline based in Vancouver

See also

• Metisse, windowing software
• Metius, Dutch geometer
• Metius (crater), a lunar impact crater

References