Meaning of megapolitan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of megapolis.
2. An inhabitant of the ancient city of Megalopolis (now Megalopoli) in Greece.
3. An inhabitant of a megapolis.

Examples

“With developments already planned, within 20 years Buckeye is expected to become⟳ a metropolis nearly as large as Phoenix. And Phoenix will be expanding east and south, too, creating a Phoenix/Tucson megapolitan. A total of such 10 megapolitans with urban and residential construction linking today's central cities into new, huge megapolitans: […]”

“In the United States, trans-metropolitan areas are referred to as megapolitans, large urban regions with physically interconnected metropolitan and micropolitan areas through transportation networks, constituting a functionally interdependent urban network[…].”

“The Megapolitans whoſe City did abide the ſiege, were compelled to pay⟳ as a fine for their rebellion twenty talents to the Athenians, and the Æolians.”

“The Lacedæmonians, in Conjunction with the Phocenſes, make⟳ War with the Megapolitans, Thebans and Argives. After ſeveral Battles, in which both ſides are ſometimes ſucceſsful, and at other times unſucceſsful, a Truce is concluded between the Lacedæmonians and Megapolitans.”

“When, therefore, the above-mentioned request⟳ for help⟳ from the Megapolitans reached Athens in 352, Demosthenes expressed himself in favour of complying with it, especially emphasizing the necessity of not allowing Sparta to become⟳ too powerful.”

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