市し邑ゆう

noun

city; town; village

Rare literary term for a settlement, encompassing cities, towns, and villages. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; encountered mainly in classical or formal texts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「市し邑ゆう」という語ごが集しゅう落らくを指さして使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the word 市邑 is used to refer to a settlement.