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populous
pop·u·lous [ póppyələss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
highly populated: with a large number of inhabitants
[15th century. < late Latin populosus< Latin populus "people"]

pop·u·lous·ly adverb
pop·u·lous·ness noun

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See populace.
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