megalopoli
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
name
An ancient city and modern town in Greece located in the southwestern Arcadia prefecture.
Example Sentences
- "All the megalopoli of the future—in this country and elsewhere—will transcend national boundaries in many ways."
- "This problem has been made more serious in the contemporary city by the emergence of a new form of spatial ordering in the form of sprawling megalopoli."
- "With these developments came urbanization and centralization, which trends have culminated in the mega-farms and megalopoli of the present."
- "The population of megalopoli like Mexico City and Sao Paulo will be well over 20 million by the end of the 20th century."
- "Table 20. Present and Projected Megalopoli (more than 10 million inhabitants […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek Μεγαλόπολη (Megalópoli), from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos) (masculine singular nominative of μέγᾰς (mégăs, “great, large”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: μεγάλος