pagus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A country district with scattered hamlets.
  2. The fortified centre of such a district.
  3. Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.

Word forms

pagus pagi

Etymology

From Latin pāgus.

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