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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEGALOP'OLIS, n. [Gr. great, and city.]
A chief city; a metropolis. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1828 1. a very large city 2. a thickly populated region centering in a metropolis or embracing several metropolises • megalopolitan noun or adjective

Britannica Concise

Highly urbanized region of the U.S., stretching between the metropolitan areas of Boston on the northeast to Washington, D.C. on the southwest. It was given the name, which means "great city," by French geographer Jean Gottmann. The term describes a densely populated social and economic entity encompassing two or more cities and the increasingly urbanized space between them. It also includes the metro areas of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a great city or its way of life. 2 an urban complex consisting of a city and its environs. Derivatives: megalopolitan adj. & n. Etymology: MEGA- + Gk polis city

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Megalopolis Meg`a*lop"o*lis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. megalo`polis; me`gas, mega`lh, great + po`lis city.] A chief city; a metropolis. [R.]