inhabitants

[ in-hab-i-tuhnts ]

/ ɪnˈhæb ɪ tənts /

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noun

the plural of inhabitant.

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Historically, conquering armies have seized inhabitants of conquered areas and enslaved them.
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Half a century ago, there were said to be 30 libraries and 20,000 inhabitants.
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They moved out, leaving few original inhabitants, and after a 1957 earthquake, the village was completely devoid of inhabitants.
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It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
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Undesirable inhabitants of the country are being sent away, especially the Japanese, who are more dangerous than the Chinese.
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When a besieged city suspects a mine, do not the inhabitants dig underground, and meet their enemy at his work?
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But there came a day, at last, when the inhabitants of Flatland were far indeed removed from the spirit of merriment.
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When this became known to the few Union inhabitants of Fulton they implored Guitar not to do it.
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