An outlying or remote settlement.
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > remote (4) out-settlement1690 An outlying or remote settlement. outstation1817 A station, outpost, or settlement in a remote area or at a distance from a centre of population or operations; spec. (Australian and New Zealand) a… settlement1827 In the outlying districts of America and the (former) Colonial territories: A small village or collection of houses. Also, the huts forming the… neck of the woods1839 Originally U.S. A narrow stretch of wood, pasture, ice, etc. Now usually in neck of the woods: a settlement in wooded country, or a small or… |
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