mega

great, large

Greek · megas, megalou (μέγας)

Mega and megal come from Greek megas, "great, large". They appear in words for very big things, or for units one million times bigger.

Memory trick

MEGAphone makes your voice MEGA big; MEGAcity is a giant city.

acromegaly (acro + megal + y) — abnormal growth of hands and feetहाथ-पैर का असामान्य बढ़ना
megacity (mega + city) — a huge cityविशाल महानगर
megalith (mega + lith) — a huge stone monumentविशाल पत्थर का स्मारक
megalithic (mega + lith + ic) — made of huge stonesविशाल पत्थरों वाला
megalomania (megalo + mania) — craze for great powerसत्ता का पागलपन
megalomaniac (megalo + mania + c) — one obsessed with powerसत्ता का सनकी
megalopolis (megalo + polis) — a vast urban regionविशाल शहरी क्षेत्र
megaphone (mega + phone) — a device to amplify the voiceलाउडस्पीकर, भोंपू
megabyte (mega + byte) — a million bytesमेगाबाइट
megahertz (mega + hertz) — a million cycles per secondमेगाहर्ट्ज़
megapixel (mega + pixel) — a million pixelsमेगापिक्सल
megahit (mega + hit) — a huge successसुपरहिट