Megapolic or megalopolis

[Gieselmann]

I have never heard about" megapolis". Of course you're welcome to invent a
neologism... Dorothy Gieselmann

Pavel Samsonov schrieb:

> Dear SEELANGERs,
>
> While translating "metropolitan area" into Russian I thought I should use
> the word "megapolis". I seem to have encountered the word in many Russian
> publications. However, the dictionary would only give "megalopolis" which
> looks right ("megalo" meaning huge and "polis" meaning city). But I feel
> that "megapolis" should also be right.
>
> What do you think?
>
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