megacity en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der. Proto-Italic *keiwis Latin ceivis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ceivitās Late Latin cīvitātem (city) Old French citetbor. Middle English cite English city English megacity From mega- + city.
Meanings
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A very large city; a megalopolis, typically one with population over 10 million.
Why, for instance, do water users in a megacity like Lagos not pay an extra charge to get cesspits pumped out?
2011 July 30, “Cholera and the super-loo”, in The Economist:For the past four decades, the world’s fastest developing delta has been the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in the province of Guangdong in southern China. The delta area in the Pearl River has been transformed from a predominantly agricultural landscape into one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas, encompassing such megacities as Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Hong Kong (Fig. 1.4).
2023, Steffen Nijhuis, Yimin Sun, Eckart Lange, “Introduction: Adaptive Urban Transformation in the Pearl River Delta, China”, in Steffen Nijhuis, Yimin Sun, Eckart Lange, editors, Adaptive Urban Transformation: Urban Landscape Dynamics, Regional Design and Territorial Governance in the Pearl River Delta, China, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| megacities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (23)
tr megakent (very large city) · fi megapoli (very large city) · el μεγάπολη (very large city) · fr mégacité (very large city) · ar مدينة كبيرة (very large city) · fa بزرگشهر (very large city) · cmn 巨型都市 (very large city) · vi siêu đô thị (very large city) · de Megacity (very large city) · ko 메가시티 (very large city) · pt megacidade (very large city) · cs megaměsto (very large city) · pl megamiasto (very large city) · th เมกะซิตี (very large city) · hi महानगर (very large city) · ja 巨大都市 (very large city) · de Megastadt (very large city) · ru мегагород (very large city) · ja メガシティ (very large city) · es megaciudad (very large city) · ca megaciutat (very large city) · fi megakaupunki (very large city) · kk мегақала (very large city)