motopia

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noun

A city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground.

OriginEnglish utopia ← New Latin Ūtopia ← Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos) →
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Meanings

nounmotopia (plural motopias)

plural motopias

  1. A city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground.

    As long as freeways function smoothly, this city is the closest thing to a motopia.

    2012, Fumihiko Maki, Mark Mulligan, Nurturing Dreams: Collected Essays on Architecture and the City, page 103
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    Underground homes of varying size could be placed around the edge of the open spaces in a motopia area.

    1967, Robert W. Prehoda, Designing the Future: The Role of Technological Forecasting, page 110

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*moweō
  4. Latinmoveō
  5. Latinmōtor
  6. Middle Englishmotour
  7. Englishmotor
  8. Ancient Greekοὐ (ou)
  9. Ancient Greekτόπος (tópos)
  10. New LatinŪtopia
  11. Englishutopia
  12. Englishmotopia

Blend of motor + utopia.

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APA

motopia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motopia

MLA

“motopia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motopia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “motopia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motopia.

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