megapolitan

adjective

mega·​pol·​i·​tan

¦megə¦pälətᵊn also -ətən or -ətən

: megalopolitan

rise of the megapolitan city

—Howard M. Jones

Word History

Etymology

from megapolis, after such pairs as English metropolis: metropolitan

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Rhymes for megapolitan

• cosmopolitan
• metropolitan
• neapolitan
• nonmetropolitan