society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > row or street of buildings > in crescent or circle (2)
A circular range of houses. Also, a traffic roundabout. Often in proper names as Oxford Circus, Regent Circus.
A row of houses built in the form of the inner bow of a crescent moon or arc of a circle.