aouln.
/ˈɑːuːl/ A Caucasian or Tartar village or encampment.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > village in countries other than England
casal1511
clachana1530
rancheria1594
aldeia1609
stanitza1662
kraal1731
pettah1761
township1789
pueblo1808
rancho1819
kainga1820
aoul1828
bustee1834
obe1835
tref1841
kampong1844
mir1856
manyatta1905
lapa1909
shtetl1963
1828 J. B. Fraser Kuzzilbash I. iv. 48 Men, women, and children, poured tumultuously from the nearer aouls.
1877 D. M. Wallace Russia II. xxi. 39 The aoul consisted of about twenty tents..scattered about in sporadic fashion.
1884 Leisure Hour 461/1 One or two of the mounted young men are sent from the aul..to select a suitable spot for a new encampment.
1960 Times 27 July 11/7 The villagers coming down from their auls in the hills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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