megalopolis
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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
See Examples of MEGALOPOLIS
- <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
Other Sociology Terms
megalopolis
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)A major conurbation. Generally the term describes any densely populated social and economic entity encompassing two or more cities and the increasingly urbanized space between them. It particularly came to describe the urbanized region of the northeastern U.S. that arose in the second half of the 20th century. Stretching between the metropolitan areas of Boston on the northeast to Washington, D.C., on the southwest, it included the metropolitan areas of New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, Md. The name, meaning “great city,” was coined by French geographer Jean Gottmann.
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