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Definition of populous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

populous

adjective
 
/ˈpɒpjələs/
 
/ˈpɑːpjələs/
(formal)
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  1. where a large number of people live
    • one of America’s most populous states
    • the populous coastal region
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPopulous is used with these nouns:
    • country
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin populosus, from populus ‘people’.
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