HABITANTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

habitants

noun

plural of habitant

as in inhabitants

one who lives permanently in a place the habitants of Indiana are nicknamed "Hoosiers"

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Recent Examples of habitants Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026

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The former was a concentration area for 200,000 refugees expelled from 247 localities, villages and towns and the area’s original 80,000 inhabitants; and the latter a frontier zone designed to incarcerate them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The tale of John McClane (Bruce Willis) saving the inhabitants of a Los Angeles skyscraper from a ruthless band of thieves has continued to entertain, inspiring multiple sequels, comic books, video games, and countless references in other media.

— Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

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Leading a government delivering services for 70 million people will be a monumentally larger task with problems on a larger scale and facing issues foreign to a leader of a region with 3 million residents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Explosions were heard in Iran’s Bandar Abbas and on Qeshm Island, Iranian state-run news agency IRNA reported, citing local residents.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

Definition of residents

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Authorities said Wednesday that 16 occupants had been rescued, some with injuries, while one victim was confirmed dead and three others were reported missing.

— Michael McGough Updated July 16, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Later that morning, officers again encountered the van and surrounded it after its occupants allegedly attempted to flee a second time, Reitz said.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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