Populous meaning

pŏp'yə-ləs
Full of people; crowded or thickly populated.
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Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population.
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(of a language) Spoken by a large number of people.

Chinese is the most populous language.

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Having a large population.

China is the most populous country in the world.

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The Nile delta is a populous region.

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Crowded with people.

Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.

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Origin of populous

  • Middle English from Latin populōsus from populus the people popular
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous").
    From Wiktionary

Populous Sentence Examples

  • It is one of the most populous mining centers in the county.

  • It is the most populous city and the commercial capital of South Africa.

  • All these countries are well watered, populous and fertile, with a climate very similar to that of eastern Bengal.

  • To the north lies the populous suburb of St Mary Church.

  • A great portion of the ground within the wall lines is not occupied by buildings, especially in the north-western quarter; and even in the more populous parts of the city, near the river, a considerable space between the houses is occupied by gardens, where pomegr a nates, figs, oranges, lemons and date-palms grow in great abundance, so that the city, when seen at a distance, has the appearance of rising out of the midst of trees.

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