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Synonyms for population

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pop-yuh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɒp yəˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of population

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Late Latin populationem (nominative populatio) "a people; a multitude," as if from Latin populus "a people" (see people (n.)). Population explosion is first attested 1953.
  • noun inhabitants of a place
Example sentences :
  • What, then, must be the population of the British empire if the increase in one city was at that rate?
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Since that period a population of four millions has multiplied to twelve.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • As our population has expanded, the Union has been cemented and strengthened.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The first thing that strikes the stranger at Nice is its Italian population.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Of all classes of our population the most vicious is that of the free colored.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Is the rapid increase of a population of slaves in itself no evil?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Disease not only arrested the growth of the population, but reduced it considerably.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • In the beginning of the following year, (1798,) the population had increased to fifteen.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • The population of Cleveland commenced in 1796, with four persons.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • At the close of the fourth year the population of Freeland had risen to 780,000 souls.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

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