They live in a region where oil abounds. a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English abounden, borrowed from Anglo-French abunder, borrowed from Latin abundāre "to overflow, be full, be plentifully supplied (with)," from ab-ab- + undāre "to rise in waves, surge, flood," verbal derivative of unda "wave" — more at water entry 1