Meaning & use
Megalopolis
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A very large, heavily populated urban complex formed by the merging of several cities and their suburbs.
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The Tokyo-Yokohama megalopolis is home to tens of millions of people.
Urban planners study traffic flow across the sprawling megalopolis.
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From the Greek 'megas' (great) and 'polis' (city).
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