megalopolis

See also: Megalopolis and megalópolis

English

Etymology

From megalo- (“great”) +‎ -polis (“city”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.ɡəˈlɒ.pə.lɪs/

Noun

megalopolis (plural megalopolises or megalopoleis or megalopoli)

1. A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity.

   The Eastern Seaboard megalopolis extends from New Hampshire to Alexandria, VA.

Related terms

Related terms

• metropolis

Translations

large conurbation

• Armenian: մեգապոլիս (hy) (megapolis), գերքաղաք (gerkʻaġakʻ)
• Catalan: megalòpolis (ca) f, megalòpoli (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特大城市 (tèdà chéngshì)

• Czech: megalopole f
• Finnish: megapolis
• French: mégalopole (fr) f
• Galician: megalópole f
• German: Megalopolis (de) f
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• Greek: μεγαλούπολη (el) f (megaloúpoli)
• Hungarian: megapolisz
• Icelandic: risaborg
• Irish: ollchathair f
• Japanese: メガロポリス (megaroporisu)
• Portuguese: megalópole (pt) f
• Russian: мегапо́лис (ru) m (megapólis)
• Spanish: megaciudad (es) f

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