populous
[ pop-yuh-luhs ]
/ ˈpɒp yə ləs /
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.
forming or comprising a large number or quantity: Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were.
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British Dictionary definitions for populous
populous
/ (ˈpɒpjʊləs) /
adjective
containing many inhabitants; abundantly populated
Derived Formspopulously, adverbpopulousness, noun
Word Origin for populous
C15: from Late Latin populōsus
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Word Origin and History for populous
populous
early 15c., from post-classical Latin populosus "full of people, populous," from populus "people" (see people (n.)). Related: Populousness.
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