megalopolis
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌmɛɡəˈlɑpəlɪs/
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megalópolis
- Macon may even become part of the new regional Atlanta megalopolis after the 2010 Census is analyzed.
Examples
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Southern California, a dense and transient megalopolis, grew as a self-storage hotbed.
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Mexico City developed into a megalopolis in the mid-1980s by associating regionally with Toluca and Cuernavaca.
Academic text (1997) -
As the garage door lifts, the Megalopolis that is New York City in the 23rd century comes into view.
Fiction book (1997) -
We climb, head north, and suddenly see the city I love, that grand and glorious mercurial megalopolis that always made my heart beat faster.
Fiction book (2001) -
A tiny private wilderness in the megalopolis that consumed the Eastern Seaboard.
Fiction book (2000) -
In addition, a swath of affluent counties extends from Virginia to Massachusetts in Megalopolis.
Academic text (1997) -
The Northern Piedmont is an integral part of Megalopolis, the corridor of U.S. coastal cities and land use that Jean Gottmann identified in 1961 as a new type of human settlement.
Academic text (2012) -
Air pollution, water shortages, the urban area's unbridled growth, and the ever-increasing economic and natural resource costs of maintaining the megalopolis suggest that a similar process of population limitation or even decline may occur in the future.
Academic text (1997) -
Mexico City developed into a megalopolis in the mid-1980s by associating regionally with Toluca and Cuernavaca.
Synonyms
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2.7
A place with many people and buildings like a city
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7.4
A large area made of several nearby cities and their suburbs
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6.8
A very large city formed when several towns join, often imagined as very modern
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Megalopolis comes from Greek parts mega- meaning 'large' and polis meaning 'city', so picture several cities joining together into one giant city. That's why a megalopolis is a very large area where many people live and several cities and towns are joined together.