megacity

[ meg-uh-sit-ee ]

/ ˈmɛg əˌsɪt i /

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noun, plural meg·a·cit·ies.

a city having a population of one million or more.

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Origin of megacity

First recorded in 1965–70; mega- + city

Words nearby megacity

megabuck, megabyte, megacephalic, megacephaly, megachurch, megacity, megacorporation, megacycle, megadeal, megadeath, megadont

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How to use megacity in a sentence

That has changed a year later, as Tencent has been testing palm-print recognition devices for months in Shenzhen, the city where the company is headquartered, and Guangzhou, another megacity 65 miles away.
Tencent wants you to pay with your palm. What could go wrong?|Zeyi Yang|November 15, 2022|MIT Technology Review
The videos come from users in Shenzhen, the city where the company is headquartered, and Guangzhou, another megacity 65 miles away.
Would you pay with your palm?|Zeyi Yang|November 2, 2022|MIT Technology Review
The megacity, which functions as China's financial hub, entered a two-stage lockdown on March 28 that was initially intended to end April 5.
38,000 health workers dispatched to Shanghai as COVID outbreak worsens|Beth Mole|April 4, 2022|Ars Technica
Country borders will become far less important when you commute across them every day to get to work in a megacity.
Hey Neighbor! Imagine a World Beyond Borders|Sean Culligan|September 26, 2021|Ozy

Nearly two-thirds of the sewage in the megacity of Dhaka, with 15 million people, is untreated.
Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum|Joel Kotkin|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A growing array of critics understand the need to break with the megacity mantra.
Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum|Joel Kotkin|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The megacity of the poor,” is how the urban geographer Nazrul Islam describes his hometown.
Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum|Joel Kotkin|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The damage done to people by megacity urbanism is most pronounced in poorer countries.
City Leaders Are in Love With Density but Most City Dwellers Disagree|Joel Kotkin|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Its southern megacity, Lagos, thrums with BlackBerrys, Hummers, and nightclubs.
African Taliban Terrorizes Nigeria|Eliza Griswold|August 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for megacity

megacity

/ (ˈmɛɡəˌsɪtɪ) /

noun plural -cities

a city with over 10 million inhabitants

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