Meaning and background
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Mega is an informal English adjective for something unusually large or impressive. Its word family includes the prefix mega-, which has a technical meaning of one million in measurement and an older Greek root meaning great. The everyday adjective is the clearest connection when Mega is used as a dog's name. It makes no factual claim about the animal's size, and its two syllables are easy to pronounce.
- Meaning
- Informal English adjective meaning very large, great or impressive. Source
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About Mega
Recorded as a dog’s name
Mega appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mɛɡə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/mɛɡə/ · primary stress on syllable 1M EH1 G AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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