megapolisn.

Brit.

/mɛˈɡapəlɪs/,

/mɛˈɡapl̩ɪs/, U.S.

/mɛˈɡæpələs/,

/mɛˈɡɑpələs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin megapolis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin megapolis (a1605) < ancient Greek μεγα- mega- comb. form + πόλις (see -polis comb. form). Compare megalopolis n.

A chief or capital city; (gen.) a large city. Occasionally as a name applied to such a city. Also in extended use. Cf. megalopolis n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city

headeOE

mother-boroughc1225

master-borougha1325

sedea1387

chief1393

master-townc1400

metropolitan?a1439

capital city1439

master citya1450

stade1481

metropolea1500

capital1525

seatc1540

head-place1546

chamber1555

mother city1570

metropolis1584

metropolite1591

madam-town1593

capital town1601

seat-town1601

metropolie1633

megapolis1638

county seat1803

Queen City1807

metrop1888

Metroland1951

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 61 [Amadavad is] at this present the Megapolis of Cambaya.

1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia i. 38 They apprehended him, and with speed conveyed him to Megapolis, the Metropolitan City of Hiarba's dominions.

1855 I. C. Pray Mem. J. G. Bennett 450 Capital alone is wanting to make this city in point of influence..the megapolis of the world.

1958 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 52 597/1 The author is in pursuit of a science of world (economic) development..and builds his theoretic structure..to include..the future growth of the megapolis, the proportionate relationship between communications and nationalism, [etc.].

1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 8/7 The man who mastered the willow in the narrow lanes of the megapolis' Chikalwadi.

1993 A. Higgins Lions of Grunewald vii. 43 Yet these abodes were tenantless and humbled centres of finished ambitions for das tausendjährige Reich, hereabouts as dead and gone as Tara or Stonehenge, the Alhambra or the megapolis of Allied and Axis dead at El Alamain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megapolis
释义	megapolisn. Brit. /mɛˈɡapəlɪs/, /mɛˈɡapl̩ɪs/, U.S. /mɛˈɡæpələs/, /mɛˈɡɑpələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin megapolis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin megapolis (a1605) < ancient Greek μεγα- mega- comb. form + πόλις (see -polis comb. form). Compare megalopolis n. A chief or capital city; (gen.) a large city. Occasionally as a name applied to such a city. Also in extended use. Cf. megalopolis n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city headeOE mother-boroughc1225 master-borougha1325 sedea1387 chief1393 master-townc1400 metropolitan?a1439 capital city1439 master citya1450 stade1481 metropolea1500 capital1525 seatc1540 head-place1546 chamber1555 mother city1570 metropolis1584 metropolite1591 madam-town1593 capital town1601 seat-town1601 metropolie1633 megapolis1638 county seat1803 Queen City1807 metrop1888 Metroland1951 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 61 [Amadavad is] at this present the Megapolis of Cambaya. 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia i. 38 They apprehended him, and with speed conveyed him to Megapolis, the Metropolitan City of Hiarba's dominions. 1855 I. C. Pray Mem. J. G. Bennett 450 Capital alone is wanting to make this city in point of influence..the megapolis of the world. 1958 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 52 597/1 The author is in pursuit of a science of world (economic) development..and builds his theoretic structure..to include..the future growth of the megapolis, the proportionate relationship between communications and nationalism, [etc.]. 1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 8/7 The man who mastered the willow in the narrow lanes of the megapolis' Chikalwadi. 1993 A. Higgins Lions of Grunewald vii. 43 Yet these abodes were tenantless and humbled centres of finished ambitions for das tausendjährige Reich, hereabouts as dead and gone as Tara or Stonehenge, the Alhambra or the megapolis of Allied and Axis dead at El Alamain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638
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