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Noun Concept

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megalopolis megapolis megaregion supercity Gigalopolis

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

The Eastern Seaboard megalopolis extends from New Hampshire to Alexandria, VA. Wiktionary

IS A

urban area

HAS KIND

Texas Triangle

HAS INSTANCE

California megapolitan areas

Great Lakes Megalopolis

DIFFERENT FROM

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

megalopolis

Wikipedia

megalopolis

Wikidata

megalopolis

Wiktionary

megalopolis, megapolis, supercity

OmegaWiki

megalopolis, megapolis, megaregion

Wikipedia Redirections

Gigalopolis, List of megalopoleis, List of Megalopolises, Mega metropolis, Megalopoleis, Megalopolis (term), megapolis (term), megaregion, megaregions, supercity

Wikidata Alias

megacity, megapolis, megaregion, supercity