populous
adjective
full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
populousness
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a word derived from
populous.
Example Sentences
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Numerous acts were also passed for the purpose of restoring the populousness of the towns.
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney
The ravages of man are as nothing to the ravages and exactions of marine nature, and both count for little in the immense populousness of the ocean.
From The Story of Newfoundland by Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of Birkenhead
The God of Mohammed without a rival is invoked in the mosques of Thyatira and Pergamus; and the populousness of Smyrna is supported by the foreign trade of the Franks and Armenians.
From The Revelation Explained by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith
After having successfully accomplished this exploit, we arrived at the city of Pirisabora, of great size and populousness, and also surrounded with water.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Charles Duke Yonge
Hence, a principal argument assigned for the populousness of this country is, the millions buried in these tumuli, the bones of which, in a tolerable state of preservation, are supposed to be exhibited upon excavation.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
