Megaris, a small but populous State of ancient Greece, S. of Attica, whose inhabitants were adventurous seafarers, credited with deceitful propensities. The capital, Megara, famous for white marble and fine clay, was the birthplace of Euclid.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Meerut * Megatherium