pagus

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.

Etymology
From, from. Perhaps "a space with fixed boundaries". See related terms. Compare the meaning, "region", of again perhaps of a root meaning "to fix".

Noun

 * 1) district, province, region, canton
 * 2) area outside of a city, countryside; rural community
 * 3) country or rural people
 * 4) clan
 * 5)  village
 * 6)  territory