megacity

[ meg-uh-sit-ee ]

noun

, plural meg·a·cit·ies.

1. a city having a population of one million or more.

megacity

/ ˈmɛɡəˌsɪtɪ /

noun

1. a city with over 10 million inhabitants

Word History and Origins

Origin of megacity¹

First recorded in 1965–70; mega- + city

Example Sentences

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.

From MIT Technology Review

The videos come from users in Shenzhen, the city where the company is headquartered, and Guangzhou, another megacity 65 miles away.

From 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.

From Ars Technica

Country borders will become far less important when you commute across them every day to get to work in a megacity.

From Ozy

Nearly two-thirds of the sewage in the megacity of Dhaka, with 15 million people, is untreated.

From The Daily Beast

A growing array of critics understand the need to break with the megacity mantra.

From The Daily Beast

“The megacity of the poor,” is how the urban geographer Nazrul Islam describes his hometown.

From The Daily Beast

The damage done to people by megacity urbanism is most pronounced in poorer countries.

From The Daily Beast

Its southern megacity, Lagos, thrums with BlackBerrys, Hummers, and nightclubs.

From The Daily Beast