Dictionary entry

Megalopolis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Meg′a‐lop″o‐lis (–lŏp″ō̍‐lĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μεγαλόπολισ; μέγασ, μεγάλη, great + πόλισ city.] A chief city; a metropolis.