megalopolitan

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adjective

meg·​a·​lo·​pol·​i·​tan

¦megəlō¦pälətᵊn also -ətən or -ətən

: of, relating to, or characterized by a megalopolis

becoming a megalopolitan people

—B. I. Bell

this immense megalopolitan civilization

—Kenneth Rexroth

megalopolitan

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noun

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plural -s

: one who lives in a megalopolis

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from megalopolis, after such pairs as English metropolis: metropolitan

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Rhymes for megalopolitan

• nonmetropolitan
• cosmopolitan
• metropolitan
• neapolitan