Meanings
- pluralplural of megapolis
The changes just outlined in two “megapoleis” are mirrored in large and small towns across the Greek world, from Massilia to Marakanda.
2006, Glenn R. Bugh, The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World, page 682 more examples
Whether of time, value, the subject, etc., the axiom and the myth of a real or possible accumulation govern us everywhere, although we know that nothing is ever amassed and that stockpiles are self-consuming, like modern megapoleis, or like overloaded memories.
1995, Barry Smart, Michel Foucault, pages 68–69The theme “Integration of Indian territory” focuses on the dynamics of the Indian megapoleis and of secondary metropolises and medium-sized and small towns.
2004, French Institute of Pondicherry, Activity Report 2004, page 26
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