megalopolis

See also: Megalopolis and megalópolis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.ɡəˈlɒ.pə.lɪs/

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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 normal metropolis.

   Synonym: megacity

   Hypernyms: metropolis, < city, < settlement

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

Related terms

• metropolitan area
• metropolis

Translations

large conurbation

• Arabic: مَديِنَةٌ ضَخْمَةٌ f
• 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: megalopoli
• French: mégalopole (fr) f
• Galician: megalópole f
• German: Megalopolis (de) f
• Greek: μεγαλούπολη (el) f (megaloúpoli)
• Hungarian: megapolisz
• Icelandic: risaborg
• Irish: ollchathair f
• Italian: megalopoli (it)
• Japanese: メガロポリス (ja) (megaroporisu)
• Kazakh: мегаполис (megapolis), ірі қала (ırı qala)
• Portuguese: megalópole (pt) f
• Russian: мегапо́лис (ru) m (megapólis)
• Spanish: megalópolis f
• Swedish: megalopolis (sv)
• Turkish: kümekent, megapol (tr)

Further reading

• megalopolis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• paleologism

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mégalopolis.

Noun

megalopolis n (plural megalopolisuri)

1. megalopolis

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	megalopolis	megalopolisul		megalopolisuri	megalopolisurile
genitive-dative	megalopolis	megalopolisului		megalopolisuri	megalopolisurilor
vocative	megalopolisule			megalopolisurilor