n.

1. An inhabitant; a resident: denizens of Monte Carlo.
2. One that frequents a particular place: a bar and its denizens.
3. Ecology. An animal or a plant naturalized in a region.
4. Chiefly British. A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship.

tr.v. Chiefly British., -zened, -zen·ing, -zens.

To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to.

[Middle English denisein, from Anglo-Norman denzein, from deinz, within, from Late Latin deintus, from within. See dedans.]

denizenation den'i·zen·a'tion n.

An inhabitant of a particular place. A "denizen of the Internet" is a person who frequently uses the Web or other Internet facilities.

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n

Definition: resident
Antonyms: alien, foreigner, immigrant

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IN BRIEF: Inhabitant.

The denizens of a bar can tell you a lot about a place.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - naturaliseret indvandrer, optaget ord, indvandret plante/dyr, beboer
v. tr. - naturalisere indvandrere

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewoner, ingeburgerde (ook ironisch)

Français (French)
n. - habitant (littér), résident, (GB, Jur) étranger (ayant droit de cité), (Jur) personne naturalisée avec des effets juridiques limités, (Écol) plante ou animal acclimaté
v. tr. - acclimater à, (GB, Jur) naturaliser (avec effets juridiques limités)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bewohner, regelmäßiger Besucher
v. - einbürgern, bevölkern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γηγενής) πολίτης, κάτοικος

Italiano (Italian)
abitante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - residente (m)

Русский (Russian)
обитатель, завсегдатай

Español (Spanish)
n. - habitante, morador, habitué, algo bien adaptado a un ambiente exótico
v. tr. - residir, morar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - invånare, utlänning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
居民, 外来语, 外籍居民, 使归化, 使入籍

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 居民, 外來語, 外籍居民
v. tr. - 使歸化, 使入籍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 거주민, 외래어, 동식물
v. tr. - 귀화를 인정하다, 옮겨 심다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 動植物, 居住者, 住民

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص أو حيوان أو نبات يعيش أو ينمو او عادة يوجد في مكان محدد, الساكن, المقيم, المتردد على مكان ما, المتجنس ( أجنبي منح حقوق المواطنه في بلد)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תושב, מבקר קבוע במקום מסוים, זר המקבל זכויות מסוימות בארצו המאומצת, מילה זרה שהתאזרחה בשפה, חיה או צמח שהועברו לארץ אחרת‬
v. tr. - ‮אימץ אדם או אובייקט אחר בארץ חדשה‬

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