"megalopoli" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} megalopoli
  1. plural of megalopolis Tags: form-of, plural Form of: megalopolis
    Sense id: en-megalopoli-en-noun-5jvtui-H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English miscellaneous irregular plurals

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          "ref": "1967, William Rudolph Ewald, Environment for Man: The Next Fifty Years, Indiana, page 140",
          "text": "All the megalopoli of the future—in this country and elsewhere—will transcend national boundaries in many ways.",
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          "ref": "1972, David Harvey, Society, the City, and the Space-economy of Urbanism (Association of American Geographers 1972, p. 14)",
          "text": "This problem has been made more serious in the contemporary city by the emergence of a new form of spatial ordering in the form of sprawling megalopoli."
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          "ref": "1976, Robert Theobald, Beyond Despair (Michigan 1976, p. 153)",
          "text": "With these developments came urbanization and centralization, which trends have culminated in the mega-farms and megalopoli of the present."
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          "ref": "1997, Stephen Metz, Strategic Horizons, Diane Publishing, page 9",
          "text": "The population of megalopoli like Mexico City and Sao Paulo will be well over 20 million by the end of the 20th century.",
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