popula

From Russian пополам (popolam, “in half”), with influence from populaatio.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopulɑ/,
• Rhymes: -opulɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): po‧pu‧la

popula (colloquial)

1. group of people, gang

• “popula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• loppua

popula

1. third-person singular present indicative of populer
2. third-person plural present indicative of populer
3. second-person singular imperative of populer

popula

1. inflection of popular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Medieval Latin populare, based on French peupler, Italian popolare. Cf. also the now archaic popora, împopora (“to populate”), which were likely formed within Romanian from popor.

a popula (third-person singular present populează, past participle populat) 1st conj.

1. to populate

• popular
• popor