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
- <what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis>
First Known Use of MEGALOPOLIS
circa 1828
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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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