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noun
A country district with scattered hamlets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
The fortified centre of such a district.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh2ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pāgos Latin pāgusbor. English pagus Borrowed from Latin pāgus.
