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)

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

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 (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)

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

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