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  2. Village - Wikipedia

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    Auyl (Kazakh: Ауыл) is a Kazakh word meaning "village" in Kazakhstan. [16] According to the 2009 census of Kazakhstan, 42.7% of Kazakhstani citizens (7.5 million people) live in 8172 different villages. [17] To refer to this concept along with the word "auyl" often used the Slavic word "selo" in Northern Kazakhstan.

  3. Villa - Wikipedia

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    In the nineteenth century, the term villa was extended to describe any large suburban house that was free-standing in a landscaped plot of ground. By the time 'semi-detached villas' were being erected at the turn of the twentieth century, the term collapsed under its extension and overuse.

  4. List of house types - Wikipedia

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    A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia. This is a list of house types.Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings.

  5. Chalet - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Lebanon a chalet usually refers to holiday homes at one of the six Lebanese ski resorts, but the term can also refer to a beach cabin at seaside resorts. [3] In North American ski areas, the word chalet is also used to describe buildings that house cafeterias and other services provided to the tourist, even though they may not ...

  6. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Village or Tribe – a village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town. The population of a village varies; the average population can range in the hundreds. Anthropologists regard the number of about 150 members for tribes as the maximum for a functioning human group.

  7. List of medieval land terms - Wikipedia

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    The feudal system, in which the land was owned by a monarch, who in exchange for homage and military service granted its use to tenants-in-chief, who in their turn granted its use to sub-tenants in return for further services, gave rise to several terms, particular to Britain, for subdivisions of land which are no longer in wide use.

  8. Hut - Wikipedia

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    Hut in a village of Tebat Karai District Hut in farm outside Indian village Hut in Kambalakonda eco park Visakhapatnam A hut in Tharparkar, Sindh An old hunting hut in Utajärvi, Finland Huts are used by shepherds when moving livestock between seasonal grazing areas such as mountainous and lowland pastures ( transhumance ).

  9. Cottage - Wikipedia

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    Mobile home; Mountain hut – a building located in the mountains intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers and hikers; Pied-à-terre – small living unit, typically located in a large city; Summer house – a term used in the Scandinavian countries to describe the popular holiday homes or summer cottages