"Μεγαλόπολις" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /me.ɡa.ló.po.lis/, /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/, /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/, /me.ɡa.ló.po.lis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me.ɡaˈlo.po.lis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μέγᾰς (mégăs, “big”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|μέγᾰς|πόλῐς|t1=big|t2=city}} μέγᾰς (mégăs, “big”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μεγᾰλοπόλεως|f|third|head=Μεγᾰλόπολῐς}} Μεγᾰλόπολῐς • (Megălópolĭs) f (genitive Μεγᾰλοπόλεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μεγᾰλόπολῐς|Μεγᾰλοπόλεως|form=FS}} Forms: Μεγᾰλόπολῐς [canonical], Megălópolĭs [romanization], Μεγᾰλοπόλεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ Μεγᾰλόπολῐς [nominative, singular], τῆς Μεγᾰλοπόλεως [genitive, singular], τῇ Μεγᾰλοπόλει [dative, singular], τὴν Μεγᾰλόπολῐν [accusative, singular], Μεγᾰλόπολῐ [singular, vocative], Μεγᾰ́λη Πόλῐς [alternative]
  1. Megalopolis, Arcadia, Greece Wikipedia link: Megalopolis, Greece Categories (place): Cities Derived forms: Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́της (Megălopolī́tēs), Μεγᾰλοπολῑτῐκός (Megălopolītĭkós)
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      ]
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      ]
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/me.ɡa.ló.po.lis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/me.ɡaˈlo.po.lis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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      "roman": "hē Megălópolĭs",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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