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A 'metroplex' is large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.^[1] It is also sometimes used as an alternative to metropolis or megalopolis, which is a chain of continuous metropolitan areas. The term was coined for, and is still commonly used to describe, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ^[2] Sometimes, a region is not clearly defined. It can be seen as a metroplex or a single metropolitan area (for example, Dallas - Fort Worth is closer to the definition of a metro and Norcal is closer to the definition of a megalopolis).
The most common use of the word 'metroplex' in the United States is for:

★ Dallas - Fort Worth, sometimes called 'DFW'; the area around Dallas and Fort Worth is regularly referred to as simply "The Metroplex" in print and television media inside the state of Texas, unlike the other metropolitan areas listed.
Some other areas in the U.S. and Canada that meet the definition of metroplex:

★ 'Southern California' (sometimes referred to as 'the Southland' or 'SoCal'), comprising Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, and San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos

★ 'Northern California' or 'NorCal', centered on the 'San Francisco Bay Area' of San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland, extending north and south to Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Vallejo-Fairfield and Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Salinas, and inland to merge with the Central Valley areas of Yuba City, Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Stockton, Modesto, Merced.

★ 'Golden Horseshoe', a region in Canada stretching from Northumberland County to London in Ontario, with a central focus on Toronto. The 3 metropolitan areas, London, Buffalo, and the Golden Horseshoe fabricate this metroplex of over 10 million.

★ BosWash. Boston, Providence, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, which stretches in that order, from North to South, along the Atlantic Seaboard of the US

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References

1. Definition of "metroplex" Dictionary.com
2. "Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex" brand serves region well North Texas Commission

See also

★ Amalgamation (politics)

★ Combined Statistical Area

★ Conurbation

★ Consolidated city-county

★ Ecumenopolis

★ Megacity

★ Megalopolis (term)

★ Metropolis