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supercity

noun
su·​per·​city | \ ˈsü-pÉ™r-ËŒsi-tÄ“ How to pronounce supercity (audio) \

Definition of supercity

: megalopolis

Examples of supercity in a Sentence

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 The crown experiment of this state planner’s dream will be a new supercity—the Xiongan New District—personally decreed by Mr. Xi on Beijing’s southern outskirts. — Andrew Browne, WSJ, "Xi Jinping Shapes Beijing in His Image, Laying Foundation for Long Reign," 3 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of supercity

1910, in the meaning defined above

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