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pagus.

country district/community, canton;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpaː.ɡʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈpaː.ɡus]
  1. district, canton, region

    declension-2
  2. countryside (rural area outside of a city)

    declension-2
  3. countryfolk, rural community

    declension-2
  4. clan

    declension-2
  5. village

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2
  6. country, territory

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *pāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Perhaps "a space with fixed boundaries". See related terms. Compare the meaning, "region", of fīnis again perhaps of a root meaning "to fix".

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