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megalopolis

[ meg-uh-lop-uh-lis ]

noun

  1. a very large city.
  2. an urban region, especially one consisting of several large cities and suburbs that adjoin each other.


megalopolis

/ ˌmɛɡələˈpɒlɪtən; ˌmɛɡəˈlɒpəlɪs /

noun

  1. an urban complex, usually comprising several large towns
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

megalopolis

  1. A vast stretch of developed industrial urban area, such as the East Coast of the United States from Boston to Washington, D.C. , or the Ruhr Valley in Germany . Megalopolis is from Greek words meaning “great city.â€
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Derived Forms

  • megalopolitan, adjectivenoun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of megalopolis1

First recorded in 1825–35; megalo- + polis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of megalopolis1

C20: megalo- + Greek polis city
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The move to a later schedule is an encouraging example of a species doing its part to coexist in a bustling megalopolis, according to researchers from UC Davis and other institutions who conducted the study.

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Studying in Paris for three years refined her technique, but the artist’s style was honed by her home city: a raw, industrial, violent, creative and unpredictable megalopolis during her formative years.

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Navarrete and Arroyo knew that success wasn’t guaranteed even in a city with a long Spanish-language literary tradition, a megalopolis where the U.S.

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L.A., the new horizontal city promoted as a model for the future, couldn’t be more different as a place than the old vertical megalopolis across the Hudson River, representing the culmination of the past.

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That said, it’s home to several iconic ice playgrounds that are driving distance from the megalopolises of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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