megalopolis

meg·a·lop·o·lis

noun \ˌme-gə-ˈlä-pə-ləs\

Definition of MEGALOPOLIS

1

: a very large city

2

: a thickly populated region centering in a metropolis or embracing several metropolises

— meg·a·lo·pol·i·tan \-lō-ˈpä-lə-tən\ noun or adjective

Examples of MEGALOPOLIS

1. <what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis>

First Known Use of MEGALOPOLIS

circa 1828

Related to MEGALOPOLIS

Synonyms: asphalt jungle, burg, cosmopolis, megacity, city, metropolis, municipality, town

Related Words: borough; conurbation; urban sprawl; exurb, suburb, suburbia; central city, edge city, garden city; core city, downtown, inner city, midtown

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Other Sociology Terms

bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, metrosexual, mores, subculture