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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

  1. noun A formal agreement that resolves a dispute, often involving payment.
  2. noun A community of people who have established themselves in a new or previously unoccupied area.

town — full definition

  1. noun A populated area with its own local government, shops, and services, generally smaller than a city.
  2. noun The central or main built-up area of a place, as opposed to the suburbs or countryside.
  3. noun The people who live in a place, especially a place near a university (as distinct from students and staff).

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