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Noun Concept
Categories: Human habitats, All articles that may contain original research, City, Urban studies and planning terminology
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megalopolis  megapolis  megaregion  supercity  Gigalopolis
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A very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns) WordNet 3.0
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A very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A megalopolis or a supercity, also called a megaregion, is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. Wikipedia
Extensive metropolitan area or a long chain of continuous metropolitan areas Wikipedia Disambiguation
Conurbation of multiple large cities to form something larger than a metropolis Wikidata
A chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas. OmegaWiki
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity. Wiktionary
Large conurbation. Wiktionary (translation)
A very large city or urban complex; a metropolis. Wiktionary
An extremely large city, metropolis or urban area. Wiktionary
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The Eastern Seaboard megalopolis extends from New Hampshire to Alexandria, VA. Wiktionary