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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populous
/ (ˈpɒpjʊləs) /
adjective
containing many inhabitants; abundantly populated
Derived forms of populous
populously, adverbpopulousness, nounWord Origin for populous
C15: from Late Latin populōsus
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