inhabitant
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in·hab·i·tant
(ĭn-hăb′ĭ-tənt)n.
One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident: the inhabitants of a fishing village; snakes, lizards, and other inhabitants of the desert.
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inhabitant
(ɪnˈhæbɪtənt)n
a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region
inˈhabitancy, inˈhabitance n
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in•hab•it•ant
(ɪnˈhæb ɪ tənt)n.
a person or animal that inhabits a place, esp. as a permanent resident.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]
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inhabitant
- infernal - An inhabitant of the underworld can be called an infernal.
- sherpa - Literally means "inhabitant of an eastern country."
- aborigine - From Classical Latin meaning "ancestors," it was spelled with a capital A as the name of the primeval Romans; the first people called aborigines were the original inhabitants of Italy and Greece and aborigine was specifically applied to the inhabitants of a country ab origine, "from the beginning."
- sylvans - Natives or inhabitants of forests or woods.
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| Noun | 1. |  inhabitant - a person who inhabits a particular placeindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" European - a native or inhabitant of Europe Aussie, Australian - a native or inhabitant of Australia Austronesian - a native or inhabitant of Austronesia New Zealander, Kiwi - a native or inhabitant of New Zealand American - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country American - a native or inhabitant of the United States Alsatian - a native or inhabitant of Alsace borderer - an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England) cottage dweller, cottager - someone who lives in a cottage easterner - an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S. Hittite - a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC island-dweller, islander - an inhabitant of an island Latin - an inhabitant of ancient Latium liver - someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities" marcher - an inhabitant of a border district Nazarene - an inhabitant of Nazareth Northerner - an inhabitant of the North Numidian - an inhabitant of ancient Numidia Occidental - a native inhabitant of the Occident Philistine - a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC Phrygian - a native or inhabitant of Phrygia plainsman - an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America) occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there Trinidadian - inhabitant or native of Trinidad villager - one who has lived in a village most of their life westerner - an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S. |
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inhabitant
noun occupant, resident, citizen, local, native, tenant, inmate, dweller, occupier, denizen, indigene, indweller the inhabitants of Glasgow
Inhabitants
| Place | Inhabitant |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Aberdonian |
| Afghanistan | Afghan |
| Alabama | Alabaman or Alabamian |
| Alaska | Alaskan |
| Albania | Albanian |
| Alberta | Albertan |
| Algeria | Algerian |
| Alsace | Alsatian |
| American continent | American |
| American Samoa | American Samoan |
| Amsterdam | Amsterdammer |
| Anatolia | Anatolian |
| Andorra | Andorran |
| Angola | Angolan |
| Anjou | Angevin |
| Antigua | Antiguan |
| Argentina | Argentine or Argentinian |
| Arizona | Arizonan |
| Arkansas | Arkansan or (informal) Arkie |
| Armenia | Armenian |
| Asia | Asian |
| Assam | Assamese |
| Assyria | Assyrian |
| Australia | Australian or (informal) Aussie |
| Austria | Austrian |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani or Azeri |
| Babylon | Babylonian |
| Bahamas | Bahamian |
| Bahrain | Bahraini |
| Bangladesh | Bangladeshi |
| Bali | Balinese |
| Barbados | Barbadian, Bajan (informal), or Bim (informal) |
| Barbuda | Barbudan or Barbudian |
| Bavaria | Bavarian |
| Belarus or Byelorussia | Belarussian or Byelorussian |
| Belau | Belauan |
| Belgium | Belgian |
| Benin | Beninese or Beninois |
| Berlin | Berliner |
| Bhutan | Bhutanese |
| Birmingham | Brummie |
| Bohemia | Bohemian |
| Bolivia | Bolivian |
| Bordeaux | Bordelais |
| the Borders | Borderer |
| Bosnia | Bosnian |
| Boston | Bostonian or (U.S. slang) Bean-eater |
| Botswana | Botswanan |
| Brazil | Brazilian |
| Bristol | Bristolian |
| Brittany | Breton |
| British Columbia | British Columbian |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian |
| Burgundy | Burgundian |
| Burkina-Faso | Burkinabe |
| Burma | Burmese |
| Burundi | Burundian |
| Byzantium | Byzantine |
| California | Californian |
| Cambridge | Cantabrigian |
| Cambodia | Cambodian |
| Cameroon | Cameroonian |
| Canada | Canadian or (informal) Canuck |
| Canada, Maritime Provinces | Downeaster |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verdean |
| Castile | Castilian |
| Catalonia | Catalan |
| the Caucasus | Caucasian |
| Cayman Islands | Cayman Islander |
| Chad | Chadian or Chadean |
| Chicago | Chicagoan |
| Chile | Chilean |
| China | Chinese |
| Circassia | Circassian |
| Colombia | Colombian |
| Colorado | Coloradan |
| Connecticut | Nutmegger |
| Cork | Corkonian |
| Comoros Islands | Comorian |
| Congo Republic | Congolese |
| Cornwall | Cornishman, Cornishwoman |
| Corsica | Corsican |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rican |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Ivorian or Ivorean |
| Croatia | Croat or Croatian |
| Cuba | Cuban |
| Cumbria | Cumbrian |
| Cyprus | Cypriot |
| Czech Republic | Czech |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovak or Czechoslovakian |
| Delaware | Delawarean |
| Denmark | Dane |
| Delphi | Pythian |
| Devon | Devonian |
| Djibouti | Djiboutian or Djiboutien |
| Dominica | Dominican |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican |
| Dublin | Dubliner |
| Dundee | Dundonian |
| East Timor | East Timorese |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorean or Ecuadoran |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgher |
| Egypt | Egyptian |
| El Salvador | Salvadoran, Salvadorean, or Salvadorian |
| England | Englishman, Englishwoman |
| Ephesus | Ephesian |
| Estonia | Estonian |
| Eritrea | Eritrean |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian |
| Equatorial Guinea | Equatorian |
| Eritrea | Eritrean |
| Estonia | Estonian |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian |
| Europe | European |
| Euzkadi | Basque |
| Faeroe Islands | Faeroese |
| Falkland Islands | Falkland Islanders or Falklander |
| Fife | Fifer |
| Fiji | Fijian |
| Finland | Finn |
| Flanders | Fleming |
| Florence | Florentine |
| Florida | Floridian |
| France | Frenchman, Frenchwoman |
| French Guiana | Guianese |
| Friesland | Frisian |
| Friuili | Friulian |
| Gabon | Gabonese |
| Galicia | Galician |
| Galilee | Galilean |
| Galloway | Gallovidian |
| Galway | Galwegian |
| Gambia | Gambian |
| Gascony | Gascon |
| Genoa | Genoese |
| Georgia (country) | Georgian |
| Georgia (U.S. state) | Georgian |
| Germany | German |
| Ghana | Ghanaian or Ghanian |
| Glasgow | Glaswegian |
| Greece | Greek |
| Greenland | Greenlander |
| Grenada | Grenadian |
| Guam | Guamanian |
| Guatemala | Guatemalan |
| Guinea | Guinean |
| Guyana | Guyanese or Guyanan |
| Haiti | Haitian |
| Hawaii | Hawaiian |
| Havana | Habanero |
| Hesse | Hessian |
| Hungary | Hungarian or Magyar |
| Honduras | Honduran |
| Hyderabad state | Mulki |
| Ibiza | Ibizan |
| Iceland | Icelander |
| Idaho | Idahoan |
| Illinois | Illinoian or Illinoisian |
| India | Indian |
| Indiana | Indianan, Indianian, or (informal) Hoosier |
| Indonesia | Indonesian |
| Iowa | Iowan |
| Iran | Iranian |
| Iraq | Iraqi |
| Ireland | Irishman, Irishwoman |
| Israel | Israeli |
| Italy | Italian |
| Jamaica | Jamaican |
| Japan | Japanese |
| Java | Javanese |
| Jordan | Jordanian |
| Kansas | Kansan |
| Karelia | Karelian |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh |
| Kent (East) | Man, Woman of Kent |
| Kent (West) | Kentish Man, Woman |
| Kentucky | Kentuckian |
| Kenya | Kenyan |
| Kirghizia | Kirghiz |
| Korea | Korean |
| Kuwait | Kuwaiti |
| Lancashire | Lancastrian |
| Lancaster | Lancastrian |
| Laos | Laotian |
| Latvia | Latvian or Lett |
| Lebanon | Lebanese |
| Liberia | Liberian |
| Libya | Libyan |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtensteiner |
| Lincolnshire | yellow belly (dialect) |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian |
| Liverpool | Liverpudlian or (informal) Scouse or Scouser |
| Lombardy | Lombard |
| London | Londoner or Cockney |
| Los Angeles | Angeleno |
| Louisiana | Louisianan or Louisianian |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourger |
| Lyon | Lyonnais |
| Macao | Macaonese |
| Macedonia | Macedonian |
| Madagascar | Madagascan or Malagasy |
| Madrid | Madrileño, Madrileña |
| Maine | Mainer or Downeaster |
| Majorca | Majorcan |
| Malawi | Malawian |
| Malaya | Malayan |
| Malaysia | Malaysian |
| Maldive Islands | Maldivian |
| Malta | Maltese |
| Man, Isle of | Manxman, Manxwoman |
| Manchester | Mancunian |
| Manitoba | Manitoban |
| Marquesas Islands | Marquesan |
| Mars | Martian |
| Marseilles | Marsellais |
| Marshall Islands | Marshall Islander |
| Martinique | Martiniquean |
| Maryland | Marylander |
| Massachusetts | Bay Stater |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian |
| Mauritius | Mauritian |
| Melanesia | Melanesian |
| Melbourne | Melburnian |
| Mexico | Mexican |
| Michigan | Michigander, Michiganite, or Michiganian |
| Micronesia | Micronesian |
| Milan | Milanese |
| Minnesota | Minnesotan |
| Mississippi | Mississippian |
| Missouri | Missourian |
| Moldavia | Moldavian |
| Monaco | Monegasque |
| Mongolia | Mongolian |
| Montana | Montanan |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin |
| Montserrat | Montserratian |
| Moravia | Moravian |
| Morocco | Moroccan |
| Moscow | Muscovite |
| Mozambique | Mozambican |
| Namibia | Namibian |
| Nauru | Nauruan |
| Naples | Neapolitan |
| Nebraska | Nebraskan |
| the Netherlands | Dutchman, Dutchwoman |
| New Brunswick | New Brunswicker |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Geordie |
| New England | New Englander or (informal) Yankee or Downeaster |
| Newfoundland | Newfoundlander or (informal) Newfie |
| Newfoundland fishing village | Outporter |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshirite |
| New Jersey | New Jerseyan or New Jerseyite |
| New Mexico | New Mexican |
| New South Wales | New South Welshman, New South Welshwoman |
| New York | New Yorker or Knickerbocker |
| New Zealand | New Zealander or (informal) Kiwi or Enzedder |
| Nicaragua | Nicaraguan |
| Niger | Nigerien |
| Nigeria | Nigerian |
| Normandy | Norman |
| North Carolina | North Carolinian or Tarheel |
| North Dakota | North Dakotan |
| Northern Ireland | Northern Irishman, Northern Irishwoman |
| Northern Territory | Territorian |
| Northern Territory, northern part of | Top Ender |
| North Korea | North Korean |
| Northumbria | Northumbrian |
| Norway | Norwegian |
| Nova Scotia | Nova Scotian or (informal) Bluenose |
| Ohio | Ohioan |
| Okinawa | Okinawan |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoman or (slang) Okie |
| Oman | Omani |
| Ontario | Ontarian or Ontarioan |
| Oregon | Oregonian |
| Orkney | Orcadian |
| Oxford | Oxonian |
| Pakistan | Pakistani |
| Palestine | Palestinian |
| Panama | Panamanian |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua |
| Paraguay | Paraguayan |
| Paris | Parisian or Parisienne |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvanian |
| Persia | Persian |
| Perth | Perthite |
| Peru | Peruvian |
| the Philippines | Filipino |
| Poland | Pole |
| Pomerania | Pomeranian |
| Portugal | Portuguese |
| Prince Edward Island | Prince Edward Islander |
| Provence | Provençal |
| Prussia | Prussian |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican |
| Qatar | Qatari |
| Quebec | Quebecer, Quebecker, or Quebecois |
| Queensland | Queenslander |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Islander |
| Rhodes | Rhodian |
| Rhodesia | Rhodesian |
| Rio de Janeiro | Cariocan |
| Romania | Romanian |
| Rome | Roman |
| Russian Federation | Russian |
| Ruthenia | Ruthenian |
| Rwanda | Rwandan |
| Samaria | Samaritan |
| San Marino | San Marinese or Sammarinese |
| Sardinia | Sardinian |
| Saskatchewan | Saskatchewanian |
| Saxony | Saxon |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi or Saudi Arabian |
| Savoy | Savoyard |
| Scandinavia | Scandinavian |
| Scotland | Scot, Scotsman, Scotswoman, or Caledonian |
| Scottish Highlands | Highlander or (old-fashioned) Hielanman |
| Senegal | Senegalese |
| Serbia | Serb or Serbian |
| Seychelles | Seychellois |
| Shetland | Shetlander |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonean |
| Sind | Sindhi |
| Singapore | Singaporean |
| Slovakia | Slovak |
| Slovenia | Slovene or Slovenian |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Islander |
| South Africa | South African |
| South Australia | South Australian or (informal) Croweater |
| South Carolina | South Carolinian |
| South Dakota | South Dakota |
| South Korea | South Korean |
| Spain | Spaniard |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan |
| Sudan | Sudanese |
| Suriname | Surinamese |
| Swaziland | Swazi |
| Switzerland | Swiss |
| Sweden | Swede |
| Sydney | Sydneysider |
| Sydney, Western suburbs of | Westie |
| Syria | Syrian |
| Taiwan | Taiwanese |
| Tajikistan | Tajik |
| Tanzania | Tanzanian |
| Tasmania | Tasmanian or (informal) Tassie or Apple Islander |
| Tennessee | Tennessean |
| Texas | Texan |
| Thailand | Thai |
| Thessalonika | Thessalonian |
| Tibet | Tibetan |
| Togo | Togolese |
| Tonga | Tongan |
| Trinidad | Trinidadian |
| Tobago | Tobagan or Tobagonian |
| Troy | Trojan |
| Tuscany | Tuscan |
| Tunisia | Tunisian |
| Turkey | Turk |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen |
| Tuvalu | Tuvaluan |
| Tyneside | Geordie |
| Tyre | Tyrian |
| Uganda | Ugandan |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian |
| Ulster | Ulsterman, Ulsterwoman |
| Umbria | Umbrian |
| United Kingdom | Briton, Brit (informal), or Britisher |
| United States of America | American or (informal) Yank or Yankee |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan |
| Utah | Utahan or Utahn |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbek |
| Venezuela | Venezuelan |
| Venice | Venetian |
| Vermont | Vermonter |
| Victoria | Victorian |
| Vienna | Viennese |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese |
| Virginia | Virginian |
| Wales | Welshman, Welshwoman |
| Washington | Washingtonian |
| Wearside | Mackem |
| Wessex | West Saxon |
| Western Australia | Western Australian, Westralian, or (informal) Sandgroper |
| Western Sahara | Sahwari |
| West Virginia | West Virginian |
| Winnipeg | Winnipegger |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsinite |
| Wyoming | Wyomingite |
| Yemen | Yemeni |
| Yorkshire | Yorkshireman, Yorkshirewoman |
| the Yukon | Yukoner |
| Zaire | Zairean |
| Zambia | Zambian |
| Zanzibar | Zanzibari |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean |
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Translations
سَاكِنٌساكِن، قاطِن، مُقيم
obyvatel-ka
beboerindbygger
asukas
stanovnikžiteljžiteljicastanovnica
íbúi
住人
주민
prebivalec
invånare
ผู้อยู่อาศัย
oturansakinyaşayan
dân cư
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inhabitant
[ɪnˈhæbɪtənt] n [country, island, region, town] → habitant(e) m/f; [house] → habitant(e) m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
inhabitant
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
inhabit
(inˈhabit) verb (of people, animals etc) to live in (a region etc). Polar bears inhabit the Arctic region; That house is now inhabited by a Polish family.
inˈhabitable adjective (negative uninhabitable) fit to be lived in. The building was no longer inhabitable.
inˈhabitant noun a person or animal that lives permanently in a place. the inhabitants of the village; tigers, leopards and other inhabitants of the jungle.
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inhabitant
→ سَاكِنٌ obyvatel beboer Bewohner κάτοικος habitante asukas habitant stanovnik abitante 住人 주민 inwoner innbygger mieszkaniec habitante житель invånare ผู้อยู่อาศัย sakin dân cư 居民Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009