Megacity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Megacity is a noun meaning A very large city; a megalopolis.
Meaning
A very large city; a megalopolis.
Example Sentences
Why, for instance, do water users in a megacity like Lagos not pay an extra charge to get cesspits pumped out?
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).
Word Forms
- megacities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include megapolis, megatropolis, supercity, megapolitan, gigacity, metropolis.
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