megalopolis

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 (gerkʿałakʿ) 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 (megaroporisu) Portuguese: megalópole (pt) f Russian: мегапо́лис (ru) m (megapólis) Spanish: megalópolis f Swedish: megalopolis (sv)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French mégalopolis.

Noun

megalopolis n (plural megalopolisuri)

1. megalopolis

Declension

Declension of megalopolis

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) megalopolis	megalopolisul	(niște) megalopolisuri	megalopolisurile
genitive/dative	(unui) megalopolis	megalopolisului	(unor) megalopolisuri	megalopolisurilor
vocative	megalopolisule		megalopolisurilor