megacity

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ city.

Noun

megacity (plural megacities)

1. A very large city; a megalopolis.
   • 2011 July 30, “Cholera and the super-loo”, in The Economist:

     Why, for instance, do water users in a megacity like Lagos not pay an extra charge to get cesspits pumped out?

Translations

very large city

• Arabic: مدينة كبيرة
• French: mégacité (fr) f
• Japanese: 巨大都市 (きょだいとし, kyodaitoshi)
• Persian: بزرگشهر
• Thai: เมกะซิตี
• Turkish: megakent (tr)