ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include megapolis, megatropolis, supercity, megapolitan, gigacity, metropolis.

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