посёлок — meaning in English
posyolok
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English meaning
- settlement noun A formal agreement that resolves a dispute, often involving payment.
- town noun A populated area with its own local government, shops, and services, generally smaller than a city.
- township noun A small administrative division of a county or district, often rural.
Senses
посёлок is used for these senses in English:
- market town A town that has a traditional right to hold a regular market.
- settlement A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).
- town (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- townlet A small town
- township The territory of a town.
settlement — full definition
- noun A formal agreement that resolves a dispute, often involving payment.
- noun A community of people who have established themselves in a new or previously unoccupied area.
town — full definition
- noun A populated area with its own local government, shops, and services, generally smaller than a city.
- noun The central or main built-up area of a place, as opposed to the suburbs or countryside.
- noun The people who live in a place, especially a place near a university (as distinct from students and staff).