populous
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
/ˈpɒpjʊləs/
(UK)
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/ˈpɒpjʊləs/ (UK) · /ˈpɑpjələs/ (US) · /ˈpɔp(j)ʊləs/
Definition of populous
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Having a large population.
“China is the most populous country in the world.”
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adj
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Having a large population.
“China is the most populous country in the world.”
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Spoken by a large number of people.
“Chinese is the most populous language.”
“The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.”
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Densely populated.
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).
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