Megalopolis

Megalopolis (Greek Μεγάλη πόλις or Μεγαλόπολις "big city") is:

• Term for a large urban landscape, see Megalopolis (urban landscape)
• in the early modern period the historicizing self-name for the state or the lordships of Mecklenburg
• allegorical female figure as a symbol for the state of Mecklenburg, z. E.g .: Megalopolis (Schwerin)
• Name of several ancient cities:
  • City in Arcadia (Peloponnese), today Megalopoli
  • other name of Aphrodisias in Caria
  • Another name of Sebastea in Cappadocia, today Sivas in Turkey
  • Megalopolis in Proconsulari

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.