gigacity
gigacity noun: a city even larger in scale than a megacity.
Noun
gigacity (plural gigacities)
- A city even larger in scale than a megacity.
- To me it is clear that these gigacities are not prospering partly because of governance issues and partly because of disparities created in the host country by accommodating one megacity within its infrastructure.2001, Kenichi Ohmae, “How to Invite Prosperity from the Global Economy Into a Region”, in Allen J. Scott, editor, Global City-Regions : Trends, Theory, Policy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN...
- Inhabitants of modern megalopolises and gigacities take for granted the built environment with its complex mix of buildings, public equipment, technical networks, and mechanical devices.2001, Dominique Lorrain, “Gig@city: The Rise of Technological Networks in Daily Life”, in Journal of Urban Technology, volume 8, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1–20
Forms of gigacity
| plural | gigacities |
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Origin of gigacity
From giga- + city, after megacity.
Questions about gigacity
- What does gigacity mean?
- Gigacity means a city even larger in scale than a megacity.
- What part of speech is gigacity?
- Gigacity is a noun.
- What is the plural of gigacity?
- The plural of gigacity is gigacities.
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