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Vietnam's village typically contains: a village gate, "lũy tre" (bamboo hedges), "đình làng" (communal house) where "thành hoàng" (tutelary god) is worshiped, a common well, "đồng lúa" (rice field), "chùa" (temple) and houses of all families in the village. All the people in Vietnam's villages usually have a blood relationship.
Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...
Croydon, [28] Dean Village, Walkden, Horndean, Todmorden [29] suffix the geography is often the only indicator as to the original root word (cf. don, a hill) din, dinas [1] W, K fort Dinas Powys, Castle an Dinas, Dinas Dinlle: prefix homologous to dun; see below dol Bry, P, W meadow, low-lying area by river Dolgellau, Dull: prefix don, den Bry ...
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.
-mura or -son (村), a village; e.g., Kamikuishiki-mura - this can also be a local government or a nongovernmental division of a larger city or town; These smaller administrative units are collectively referred to as shikuchōson (市区町村).
Boas (1898) gives also the following names, most of which are probably synonyms for some of the above: Koatlna (Kwalhna - inlet south of South Bentinck) Nusatsem (Nusats'm - place of dried up humpies, village and creek at Noosatsum creek and synonym to Asinani) Osmakmiketlp (Usmicmikalhp - place of harvesting spruce trees - unknown location)
In the English dialects of some African countries, "compound" may refer to a much larger collection of dwellings, as a synonym for a homogeneous township or suburb comprising homes of similar character usually built as public housing projects, or for a shantytown. An example is Chawama Compound, Lusaka, Zambia.
The village categories for some countries are combined with categories for other types of settlements because no official distinction is made locally. See also: Category:Populated places by country Subcategories