[pop-yuh-luh
s] 
| 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. |
| pop·u·lous (pŏp'yə-ləs) adj. Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population. [Middle English, from Latin populōsus, from populus, the people; see popular.] pop'u·lous·ly adv., pop'u·lous·ness n. |