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    populous
    /ˈpɒpjʊləs/

    adjective

    • 1. having a large population; densely populated: "the populous city of Shanghai"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPOPULOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Populous means having a lot of people living in a country, area, or place. Learn how to use this formal adjective with sentences and synonyms from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › populousPopulous Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Populous means having a large population or being densely populated. Learn the etymology, synonyms, examples, and related words of populous from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPOPULOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Populous means having a lot of people living in a country, area, or place. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › populousPOPULOUS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    adjective. full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated. jammed or crowded with people: There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve. Synonyms: teeming, packed. forming or comprising a large number or quantity: Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were. populous.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › populousPopulous - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Anything that's dense with people can be described as populous, like the country of China or the city of Mumbai or even a crowded airport. Populous is a Latin word that means simply "people." It was adopted by English in the 15th century to mean "full of people."

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPOPULOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Populous means containing many inhabitants or crowded with people. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, synonyms, word origin and usage examples.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › populousPopulous - definition of populous by The Free Dictionary

    Populous means having many people or inhabitants; heavily populated. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of this adjective, and learn the difference between populous and populace.