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Definition of Megalopolis
1. Noun. A very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns).
Definition of Megalopolis
1. n. A chief city; a metropolis.
Definition of Megalopolis
1. Proper noun. An older spelling of Megalopoli ¹
2. Noun. A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Megalopolis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Megalopolis
Literary usage of Megalopolis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"To the Spartans, the moment appeared favourable for breaking up Megalopolis and
recovering Messene; in which scheme they hoped to interest not only Athens, ..."
2. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"From Phigalia to Eira and Megalopolis, see pp. ... Megalopolis, see p. 289.
The route soon diverges to the right from the road to Messenia (p. ..."
3. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy by Edward Augustus Freeman, John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"They were to ask leave, in the name of the State of Commis- Megalopolis, ...
Megalopolis was more closely connected with polls to the Macedonia than any ..."
4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"During his stay at Megalopolis, he accomplished another object not less important
for ... Megalopolis, just rising out of its ruins, was divided between two ..."
5. Readings in Greek History, from Homer to the Battle of Chaeronea: A by Ida Carleton Thallon (1914)
"FOUNDING OF Megalopolis AND MESSENE Thebes now adopted an aggressive policy.
She founded two cities in the Peloponnesus, both of which were to be a menace ..."
6. Pausanias, and Other Greek Sketches by James George Frazer (1900)
"THE PLAIN OF Megalopolis.— Megalopolis stood in the great western plain of Arcadia,
... In natural beauty the plain of Megalopolis is far superior to its ..."
7. History of Federal Government from the Foundation of the Achaian League to by Edward Augustus Freeman (1863)
"The war with Nabis had brought at"Mega- Megalopolis to great straits, and it was
held, not without Io^°]i94 reason. tnat the best soldier of Megalopolis and ..."
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