Dictionary
pop•u•lous
Pronunciation: (pop'yu-lus), [key]
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adj.
1. full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
2. jammed or crowded with people:
There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.
3. forming or comprising a large number or quantity:
Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.