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abitante

inhabitant

noun ah-bee-TAHN-teh Less Common

Origin: from Latin habitare 'to dwell'

Also means

resident

Usage Note

Abitante keeps one form for both genders (un/una abitante) and pluralizes to abitanti. It commonly appears in population figures, as in una città di un milione di abitanti.

Examples

"La città ha molti abitanti."

Natural Translation

The city has many inhabitants.

Literal Translation

The city has many inhabitants.

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