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megalopolistic

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meg·a·lop·o·lis   (měg'ə-lŏp'ə-lĭs)   
n.  

  1. A very large city.

  2. A region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas in sufficient proximity to be considered a single urban complex.


[megalo- + Greek polis, city; see pelə-3 in Indo-European roots.]
meg'a·lop·o·lis'tic adj., meg'a·lo·pol'i·tan (-lō-pŏl'ĭ-tən) adj.
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