populous city

collocation in English

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populous
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.ləs/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.ləs/
A populous country, area, or place has a lot of people living ...
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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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(Definition ofpopulousandcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is the third mostpopulouscityin the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413.
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This is the second mostpopulouscityof the department.
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It was extremely difficult to train in the congested,populouscity.
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The city remained the capital of the kingdom and the most wealthy andpopulouscity, with its status of royal and autonomous city.
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It is the oldest and the fifth mostpopulouscityin the country.
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It is also the 2nd mostpopulouscityon the planet.
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With a population of 3,071 (2010 census), it is the leastpopulouscityin the state.
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Its population in 2009 is 1,010,212 inhabitants, being the second mostpopulouscityin the state after the capital.
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It is the second mostpopulouscityof the state, after the capital.
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Three lines are currently proposed to connect the busiest and mostpopulouscitydistricts.
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A single dilapidated street, composed only of a few mean shops, was all that existed of this once thrivingpopulouscity.
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Its population was 13,708 as of the 2010 census, making it the leastpopulouscityin the state.
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Its population grew so rapidly that twenty years later, it was the ninth mostpopulouscityin the country.
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Peoria, which decades ago was the second-mostpopulouscityin the state, is seventh with 115,007.
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Depending on delimitation, the agglomeration has a population between 340,000 and 380,000 and is the fifth mostpopulouscityof the country.
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The city had become the wealthiest and third-mostpopulouscityin the nation.
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With a population at the 2010 census of 8,050 within the city limits, it is the sixth-mostpopulouscityin the state.
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Antequera is the mostpopulouscityin the interior of the province and the largest in area.
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In the case of state and territory capital cities, they also happen to be the mostpopulouscityin their respective jurisdiction.
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According to the 2008 census, cija has a total population of 40,100 inhabitants, ranking as the fifth mostpopulouscityin the province.
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