populous

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• UK: /ˈpɒpjʊləs/
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• US: päpʹyə-ləs
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• US: /ˈpɑpjələs/
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• South-Asia: /ˈpɔp(j)ʊləs/
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• homophone: populace (most accents)
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First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: jendetsu — having a large population
• Bulgarian: многолюден (mnogoljuden) — having a large population
• Catalan: populós — having a large population
• Chinese Mandarin: 人口稠密 (rénkǒu chóumì) — having a large population
• Chinese Mandarin: 人口多 (rénkǒu duō) — having a large population
• Finnish: väkirikas — having a large population
• Finnish: runsasväkinen — having a large population
• French: populeux — having a large population
• German: volkreich — having a large population
• German: bevölkerungsreich — having a large population
• German: bevölkert — having a large population
• Greek: πολυάνθρωπος (polyánthropos) — having a large population
• Italian: popoloso — having a large population
• Italian: popolosa — having a large population
• Japanese: 人口の多い (jinkō-no ōi) — having a large population
• Manx: pobbylagh — having a large population
• Norwegian Bokmål: folkerik — having a large population
• Norwegian Bokmål: befolkningsrik — having a large population
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folkerik — having a large population
• Polish: ludny — having a large population
• Portuguese: populoso — having a large population
• Russian: густонаселённый (gustonaseljónnyj) — having a large population
• Russian: многолю́дный (mnogoljúdnyj) — having a large population
• Spanish: poblado — having a large population
• Spanish: populoso — having a large population
• Swedish: folkrik — having a large population
• Vietnamese: đông — having a large population
• Vietnamese: đông đảo — having a large population
• Welsh: poblog — having a large population
• German: häufig gesprochen — spoken by a large number of people
• German: weit verbreitet — spoken by a large number of people
• Bulgarian: гъсто населен (gǎsto naselen) — densely populated
• Finnish: tiheästi asuttu — densely populated
• German: dichtbevölkert — densely populated
• German: (dicht) bevölkert — densely populated
• German: (dicht) besiedelt — densely populated
• Greek: πυκνοκατοικημένος (pyknokatoikiménos) — densely populated
• Latin: celeber — densely populated
• Manx: pobbylagh — densely populated
• Finnish: ruuhkainen — crowded with people
• German: menschenüberfüllt — crowded with people
• Latin: celeber — crowded with people