megalopolitan
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of megalopolitan
1925–35; from megalopolis, modeled after metropolis: metropolitan
Example Sentences
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In October of 2020, when the megalopolitan started to re-open, some dabbawalas returned to work.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2021
This “influential and controversial” group, reported the writer, “develop mutant forms of urbanism … which accept the megalopolitan condition with enthusiasm.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2016
As the megalopolitan sprawl pressed at its fences, Irvine's real estate value soared to well over $1 billion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Experts predict that within 20 years most of the great cities will join together in massive megalopolitan complexes.
From Time Magazine Archive
A New Yorker would count the day lost if he could not regale an out-of-towner, or a friend, or himself, with some vivid tale of megalopolitan woe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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