as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
such modern megacities as São Paulo and Mexico City
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Most people are unaware that the rap god chose the numeric nomenclature as a salute to two things: the city's original area code (416) and the 1998 amalgamation of six municipalities (Toronto, East York, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, and York) to form the megacity of Toronto.
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Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
The megacity now has gleaming malls and luxury karaoke lounges with floor-to-ceiling projector screens that make those in Hong Kong look quaint by comparison.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
Developers razed blocks of graceful neem, banyan and peepal trees, leaving Kolkata with the least shading tree cover of any Indian megacity, according to India’s State of the Forest report from 2021.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
On Friday, the typhoon caused a tree to fall on a car in Shenzhen, a coastal megacity in the province of Guangdong, killing the driver and injuring two women, according to state-run news media.
—Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
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Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
The megacity now has gleaming malls and luxury karaoke lounges with floor-to-ceiling projector screens that make those in Hong Kong look quaint by comparison.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
Developers razed blocks of graceful neem, banyan and peepal trees, leaving Kolkata with the least shading tree cover of any Indian megacity, according to India’s State of the Forest report from 2021.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
On Friday, the typhoon caused a tree to fall on a car in Shenzhen, a coastal megacity in the province of Guangdong, killing the driver and injuring two women, according to state-run news media.
—Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
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“Megacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megacity. Accessed 9 Sep. 2024.
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