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commune Commune is defined as a group of people living together in a shared community. When a group of religious people go to live together in one area of town, this is an example of a religious commune. The definition of commune is to feel in close contact. When you go camping to get close to nature, this is an example of when you commune with nature.
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cooperative Also called co-op, cooperative apartment. 1  a building owned and managed by a corporation in which shares are sold, entitling the shareholders to occupy individual units in the building.  an apartment in such a building.
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parish noun. An English parish church. An English parish church. The definition of a parish is a church district, the members of a particular church or a county-type division in Louisiana. 1  An example of a parish is the city of Hereford in England. 2  An example of a parish is everyone who attends a certain church every week.
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The Great Leap Forward People in a. commune gave up their ownership of tools, animals, etc., so that everything was owned by the. commune. People now worked for the commune and not for themselves. The life of an individual was. controlled by the commune. Schools and nurseries were provided by the communes so that all adults. could work. By the end of 1958, tens of millions of people had been placed into over 26,000 communes.
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User Contributed Dictionary Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous). Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, less peripheral or weaker of the two merging entities. It can also imply a certain measure of coercion, expansionism or unilateralism on the part of the stronger of the merging entities.
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enclave enclave. 1  a country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country. 2  any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one: a Chinese-speaking enclave in London.
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- Ordinance definition, an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command. See more.
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coop Definition of coop. 1  1 : a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry); also : a small building for housing poultry. 2  2a : a confined areab : jail.
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village a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality. the inhabitants of such a community collectively. a group of animal dwellings resembling a village: a gopher village.
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The Definition of Cooperative Housing The Definition of Cooperative Housing. Cooperative housing is an alternate form of ownership of homes and property, in which the property is owned by an organization and then sold as shares to the residents of the community. Cooperative housing splits costs on shared housing amenities, and is frequently used as a part of an intentional community initiative.
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municipality noun, plural municipalities. 1. a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government. 2. a community under municipal jurisdiction. 3. the governing body of such a district or community. Origin of municipality.
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village Village definition, a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality. See more.
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Utopia A utopia (/juːˈtoʊpiə/ yoo-TOH-pee-ə) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia. One could also say that utopia is a perfect 'place' that has been made so there are no problems.
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- Communes of Cambodia. Communes of Cambodia (Khmer: ឃុំ, khum) are the third-level administrative divisions in Cambodia. They are the subdivisions of the districts of Cambodia. Communes can consist of as few as 3 or as many as 30 villages (phum), depending on population.
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The Great Leap Forward The government did all that it could to whip up. enthusiasm for the communes. Propaganda was everywhere – including in the fields where the. workers could listen to political speeches as they worked as the communes provided public address. systems. If the communes lacked machinery, the workers used their bare hands.
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List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants. This is a list of communes in France (Overseas departments included) with a population over 20,000 at the 2013 census. All figures reflect INSEE's sans doubles comptes counting method (population municipale). Paris, Capital of France.
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- Suggest new translation/definition enclave (enclaves plural ) An enclave is an area within a country or a city where people live who have a different nationality or culture from the people living in the surrounding country or city. n-count usu with supp Nagorno-Karabakh is an Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan.
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Utopia A utopia (/juːˈtoʊpiə/ yoo-TOH-pee-ə) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia.
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- parish. a district or area with a particular church and priest or minister. Our house is in the parish of St Mary('s); (also adjective) parish affairs. gemeente, parogie أبْرَشِيَّه енория paroquia paróquia; farnost farni Farní; Die-... gemeinde gemeinde
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What is COALITION? What is COALITION? In French law. An unlawful agreement among several persons not to do a thing except on some conditions agreed upon; particularly, industrial combinations, strikes, etc.; a conspiracy.
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parish Full Definition of PARISH. 1. a (1) : the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor (2) : the residents of such an area b British: a subdivision of a county often coinciding with an original ecclesiastical parish and constituting the unit of local government.ull Definition of PARISH. 1. a (1) : the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor (2) : the residents of such an area b British: a subdivision of a county often coinciding with an original ecclesiastical parish and constituting the unit of local government.
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utopia Utopia is an ideal or envisioned place of perfection. An example of utopia is the book Shangri La by author James Hilton. an imaginary island described in a book of the same name by Sir Thomas More (1516) as having a perfect political and social system. any idealized place, state, or situation of perfection.
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- 1.1 A body of people elected to manage the affairs of a city, county, or other municipal district. ‘a ban on school buses using the road was imposed by the county council’. ‘Sometimes there is a deadlock in a city and district, and regional councils and mayors have to show leadership and give a casting vote.’.
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Estates General (France) In France under the Old Regime, the Estates General (French: États généraux) or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly (see The Estates) of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king.
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prefecture Learner's definition of PREFECTURE. [count] : any one of the areas into which some countries (such as Japan and France) are divided for local government : the area that is governed by a prefect.
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coop coop. n. 1. (Agriculture) a cage or small enclosure for poultry or small animals. 2. a small narrow place of confinement, esp a prison cell.