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motopia

motopia noun: a city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground.

Noun

motopia (plural motopias)

  1. A city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground.
    • Underground homes of varying size could be placed around the edge of the open spaces in a motopia area.1967, Robert W. Prehoda, Designing the Future: The Role of Technological Forecasting, page 110
    • As long as freeways function smoothly, this city is the closest thing to a motopia.2012, Fumihiko Maki, Mark Mulligan, Nurturing Dreams: Collected Essays on Architecture and the City, page 103

Forms of motopia

pluralmotopias

Origin of motopia

Blend of motor + utopia.

Questions about motopia

What does motopia mean?
Motopia means a city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground.
What part of speech is motopia?
Motopia is a noun.
What is the plural of motopia?
The plural of motopia is motopias.

Words near motopia in the dictionary

  1. motoneurons
  2. motonormativity
  3. motons
  4. motophone
  5. motophones
  6. motopia
  7. motopias
  8. motor
  9. motor accident
  10. motor accidents
  11. motor aphasia

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