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a thickly settled, highly populated area
- what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis
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“Megalopolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalopolis. Accessed 6 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of megalopolis was circa 1828
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