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megalopolis

[meg-uh-lop-uh-lis] / ˌmɛg əˈlɒp ə lɪs /


NOUN
metropolis
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Nonetheless, Woohoo has resonated with customers accustomed to the lavish offerings of Dubai, a tech-forward megalopolis with a proclivity for extravagance where AI has its own minister.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

L.A., the new horizontal city promoted as a model for the future, couldn’t be more different as a place than the old vertical megalopolis across the Hudson River, representing the culmination of the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Twitter that the alarm had been activated, but there were no reports of an actual earthquake and the ground in the megalopolis never actually started shaking.

From Reuters • May 8, 2023

The area around their home in south San Francisco transformed from a cultural hub in the throes of hippie culture into a tech-obsessed megalopolis of more than 7.5 million people.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

The megalopolis of our day embodies a universe of choices on a different scale.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai