megalopoli

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English

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Noun

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megalopoli

  1. plural of megalopolis
    • 1967, William Rudolph Ewald, Environment for Man: The Next Fifty Years, Indiana, page 140:
      All the megalopoli of the future—in this country and elsewhere—will transcend national boundaries in many ways.
    • 1972, David Harvey, Society, the City, and the Space-economy of Urbanism (Association of American Geographers 1972, p. 14)
      This problem has been made more serious in the contemporary city by the emergence of a new form of spatial ordering in the form of sprawling megalopoli.
    • 1976, Robert Theobald, Beyond Despair (Michigan 1976, p. 153)
      With these developments came urbanization and centralization, which trends have culminated in the mega-farms and megalopoli of the present.
    • 1997, Stephen Metz, Strategic Horizons, Diane Publishing, page 9:
      The population of megalopoli like Mexico City and Sao Paulo will be well over 20 million by the end of the 20th century.
    • 1998, John M. Collins, Military Geography, Diane Publishing, page 199:
      Table 20. Present and Projected Megalopoli (more than 10 million inhabitants []

Finnish

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Etymology

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Derived from English megalopolis, with -s dropped on analogy with metropoli.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɡɑlopoli/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝ˌlo̞po̞li]
  • Rhymes: -opoli
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ga‧lo‧po‧li

Noun

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megalopoli

  1. megalopolis

Declension

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Inflection of megalopoli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative megalopoli megalopolit
genitive megalopolin megalopolien
partitive megalopolia megalopoleja
illative megalopoliin megalopoleihin
singular plural
nominative megalopoli megalopolit
accusative nom. megalopoli megalopolit
gen. megalopolin
genitive megalopolin megalopolien
partitive megalopolia megalopoleja
inessive megalopolissa megalopoleissa
elative megalopolista megalopoleista
illative megalopoliin megalopoleihin
adessive megalopolilla megalopoleilla
ablative megalopolilta megalopoleilta
allative megalopolille megalopoleille
essive megalopolina megalopoleina
translative megalopoliksi megalopoleiksi
abessive megalopolitta megalopoleitta
instructive megalopolein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of megalopoli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megalopolini megalopolini
accusative nom. megalopolini megalopolini
gen. megalopolini
genitive megalopolini megalopolieni
partitive megalopoliani megalopolejani
inessive megalopolissani megalopoleissani
elative megalopolistani megalopoleistani
illative megalopoliini megalopoleihini
adessive megalopolillani megalopoleillani
ablative megalopoliltani megalopoleiltani
allative megalopolilleni megalopoleilleni
essive megalopolinani megalopoleinani
translative megalopolikseni megalopoleikseni
abessive megalopolittani megalopoleittani
instructive
comitative megalopoleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megalopolisi megalopolisi
accusative nom. megalopolisi megalopolisi
gen. megalopolisi
genitive megalopolisi megalopoliesi
partitive megalopoliasi megalopolejasi
inessive megalopolissasi megalopoleissasi
elative megalopolistasi megalopoleistasi
illative megalopoliisi megalopoleihisi
adessive megalopolillasi megalopoleillasi
ablative megalopoliltasi megalopoleiltasi
allative megalopolillesi megalopoleillesi
essive megalopolinasi megalopoleinasi
translative megalopoliksesi megalopoleiksesi
abessive megalopolittasi megalopoleittasi
instructive
comitative megalopoleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative megalopolimme megalopolimme
accusative nom. megalopolimme megalopolimme
gen. megalopolimme
genitive megalopolimme megalopoliemme
partitive megalopoliamme megalopolejamme
inessive megalopolissamme megalopoleissamme
elative megalopolistamme megalopoleistamme
illative megalopoliimme megalopoleihimme
adessive megalopolillamme megalopoleillamme
ablative megalopoliltamme megalopoleiltamme
allative megalopolillemme megalopoleillemme
essive megalopolinamme megalopoleinamme
translative megalopoliksemme megalopoleiksemme
abessive megalopolittamme megalopoleittamme
instructive
comitative megalopoleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative megalopolinne megalopolinne
accusative nom. megalopolinne megalopolinne
gen. megalopolinne
genitive megalopolinne megalopolienne
partitive megalopolianne megalopolejanne
inessive megalopolissanne megalopoleissanne
elative megalopolistanne megalopoleistanne
illative megalopoliinne megalopoleihinne
adessive megalopolillanne megalopoleillanne
ablative megalopoliltanne megalopoleiltanne
allative megalopolillenne megalopoleillenne
essive megalopolinanne megalopoleinanne
translative megalopoliksenne megalopoleiksenne
abessive megalopolittanne megalopoleittanne
instructive
comitative megalopoleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative megalopolinsa megalopolinsa
accusative nom. megalopolinsa megalopolinsa
gen. megalopolinsa
genitive megalopolinsa megalopoliensa
partitive megalopoliaan
megalopoliansa
megalopolejaan
megalopolejansa
inessive megalopolissaan
megalopolissansa
megalopoleissaan
megalopoleissansa
elative megalopolistaan
megalopolistansa
megalopoleistaan
megalopoleistansa
illative megalopoliinsa megalopoleihinsa
adessive megalopolillaan
megalopolillansa
megalopoleillaan
megalopoleillansa
ablative megalopoliltaan
megalopoliltansa
megalopoleiltaan
megalopoleiltansa
allative megalopolilleen
megalopolillensa
megalopoleilleen
megalopoleillensa
essive megalopolinaan
megalopolinansa
megalopoleinaan
megalopoleinansa
translative megalopolikseen
megalopoliksensa
megalopoleikseen
megalopoleiksensa
abessive megalopolittaan
megalopolittansa
megalopoleittaan
megalopoleittansa
instructive
comitative megalopoleineen
megalopoleinensa

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