megalopolis
Merged metropolitan region
A megalopolis is an extremely large urban region, typically formed when multiple cities and their suburbs expand until they merge into one continuous metropolitan area.
The term often describes the densely populated corridor stretching from Boston through New York to Washington, D.C.: The northeastern megalopolis contains over fifty million people.
Any vast urban sprawl may be called a megalopolis.
Underground transit passage
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- highriseMultistory urban building
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- avenueBroad urban roadway
highway · transit · gridlock · commute · metro · rail · overpass · interchange
Merged continuous urban area
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- expanseUnbroken area of space
- vastnessState of being immense
metroplex · supercity · megaregion · megalopolitan · endless · boundless · immense · colossal
Filled beyond capacity
- teemingAbundantly full of
- congestedBlocked by overcrowding
- packedFilled to capacity
- denseClosely packed together
swarming · bustling · thriving · jammed · masses · multitude · populousness · concentrated
Of city government
- metropolitanOf a major city
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- districtBounded administrative area
- zoningSectioning areas by use
administration · council · mayor · planning · jurisdiction · ordinance · regional · authority
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- melting-potFusion of diverse cultures
- pluralisticAllowing coexisting differences
- diverseOf many types
eclectic · immigrant · expatriate · ethnic · cross-cultural · international · transnational · multilingual
subway
Underground transit passage
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- highriseMultistory urban building
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
avenue · highway · transit · gridlock · commute · metro · rail · overpass · interchange · tunnel
conurbation
Merged continuous urban area
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- expanseUnbroken area of space
vastness · metroplex · supercity · megaregion · megalopolitan · endless · boundless · immense · colossal · massive
overcrowded
Filled beyond capacity
dense · swarming · bustling · thriving · jammed · masses · multitude · populousness · concentrated · cramped
municipal
Of city government
- metropolitanOf a major city
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- districtBounded administrative area
zoning · administration · council · mayor · planning · jurisdiction · ordinance · regional · authority · commission
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- melting-potFusion of diverse cultures
- pluralisticAllowing coexisting differences
diverse · eclectic · immigrant · expatriate · ethnic · cross-cultural · international · transnational · multilingual · heterogeneous
- city termsmayor, city council, city hall, zoning laws, urban sprawl
- urban areascity, town, district, districts, neighborhoods
- city groupssister cities, twin towns, metropolitan area, capital cities, port cities
- urban regionsmetroplex, conurbation, metro area, urban sprawl, urban agglomeration
- urbanizationcity, urban growth, urban sprawl, suburbanization, urban
- clusterscluster, star cluster, clump, galaxy cluster, grape cluster