MEANING
A planet-wide urban settlement, imagined as a continuous city spanning an entire world or large moon.
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A city or continuous urban settlement covering an entire planet.Use for a world-spanning cityscape or a speculative future in which urban areas merge across a planet.
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From orbit, the ecumenopolis glittered as one unbroken mesh of districts and transit lines.
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- Base
- ecumenopolis
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