as in metropolis
a thickly settled, highly populated area
what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis
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Recent Examples of megalopolis
California is a modern megalopolis of a state with all the same problems and promises as any other.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
Many of the volcanoes in Japan are busy tourist destinations, especially those volcanoes close to the megalopolis of Tokyo.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2015
This was Rome, a megalopolis where glittering avenues, monuments and arches littered the landscape.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
Malibu, California has long been known as the playground of the rich and famous, a coastal tendril of the 18 million person greater Los Angeles megalopolis.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2016
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
Many of the volcanoes in Japan are busy tourist destinations, especially those volcanoes close to the megalopolis of Tokyo.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2015
This was Rome, a megalopolis where glittering avenues, monuments and arches littered the landscape.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
Malibu, California has long been known as the playground of the rich and famous, a coastal tendril of the 18 million person greater Los Angeles megalopolis.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megalopolis
Noun
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Many of the selections underscore the social stresses and inequalities of the growing metropolis, the scars left by the harsh military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983, and the human costs of Argentina’s recurrent economic crises.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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That is what they are being punished for—an effort to free themselves from the control of a former metropolis.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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To a resident of the more anonymous and corporate post-pandemic New York, the East Village of the eighties could seem as small and intertwined as a walled city.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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One such destination is Copenhagen, a Scandinavian city renowned for its art and architecture.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
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Soon, Rick can’t take it anymore and heads into town to find marijuana (cannabis is currently legal in Thailand), with Chelsea in tow.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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The footage was captured in Vang Vieng, a town in the northwest region of Laos.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Megalopolis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalopolis. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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