Collocations for "inhabitant"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "inhabitant" in context.
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inhabitant
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- the native inhabitants (of)
- the inhabitants [on, of] the island
- the city has [2 million] inhabitants
- a city of [2 million] inhabitants
- the local inhabitants
- the [town's] oldest inhabitant
- the number of inhabitants is [increasing, decreasing]
- [area, square miles] per inhabitant
- early inhabitants [found, built, created]