Wondering how to use Populous in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as inhabited.
Populous meaning
- Having a large population.
- Spoken by a large number of people.
- Densely populated.
Synonyms of Populous
Using Populous
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a large population. | Spoken by a large number of people. | Densely populated.
- Useful related words include: thickly settled, inhabited.
- In the example corpus, populous often appears in combinations such as: most populous, populous nation, populous country.
Context around Populous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Populous
- In this selection, "populous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, less, nation, county and city stand out and add context to how "populous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 100 most populous u s and 4th most populous country in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "populous" sits close to words such as cavaliers, derivatives and nascar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with populous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, the Kurds are the most populous stateless people in West Asia. (12 words)
India becomes world’s most populous nation: What’s behind the population numbers? (13 words)
Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent, both after Asia. (15 words)
In addition to receiving top national rankings, T-Mobile is turning even more of the U.S. magenta as the fastest provider in 46 states and the District of Columbia as well as in 88 of the 100 most populous U.S. cities. (43 words)
A government agency in the most populous US state, California, is testing blockchain technology using the Tezos network to execute some of its record keeping, including the issuance of car ownership and simplifying transfers of such ownership. (37 words)
A ceremony in Phoenix will honor 758 homeless people confirmed to have died so far this year in Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona and home to Phoenix, the state’s largest city. (34 words)
India becomes world’s most populous nation: What’s behind the population numbers? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kano is also the most populous state in the most populous nation in Africa with a population of over 10 million people engaged in farming, local trading, business ventures and the working class.
It looks to me that the less-populous states already have a huge advantage over the more-populous states.
County Cork has a population of 542,196 making it the second most populous county in Ireland and the third most populous county on the island of Ireland.
Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the US, while San Antonio is the second most populous in the state and seventh largest in the US.
Indonesia is the most populous country with 255 million people as of 2015, and also the 4th most populous country in the world.
It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world.
The most populous county in Pennsylvania is Philadelphia, while the least populous is Cameron (5,085).
A ceremony in Phoenix will honor 758 homeless people confirmed to have died so far this year in Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona and home to Phoenix, the state’s largest city.
Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent, both after Asia.
After a summer of extreme heat, Arizona's most populous city is in the record books again.
After Khan’s arrest, the videos and pictures of vandalism from Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, were unprecedented.
A government agency in the most populous US state, California, is testing blockchain technology using the Tezos network to execute some of its record keeping, including the issuance of car ownership and simplifying transfers of such ownership.
China has emerged as an industrial powerhouse that sits at the very epicenter of the most populous and fastest growing region in the world.
College Hill is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, the capital and most populous city in the state.
Despite these areas of concern, the various kinds of assistance mobilized by the GCC countries demonstrate Indonesia’s importance, as the world’s most populous Muslim population, to their political and economic agenda.
He succeeds Muhammadu Buhari to lead a country that by 2050 is forecast to become the third most populous nation in the world, tied with the United States after India and China.
However, the Kurds are the most populous stateless people in West Asia.
In addition to receiving top national rankings, T-Mobile is turning even more of the U.S. magenta as the fastest provider in 46 states and the District of Columbia as well as in 88 of the 100 most populous U.S. cities.
In Africa’s most populous nation, kerosene is a major cooking energy for Nigeria’s low-income earners and rural dwellers.
India becomes world’s most populous nation: What’s behind the population numbers?
Common combinations with populous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: