Kanji 都 metropolis, capital, all 邑 village, rural community, right village radical (no. 163) Related words 都と 市し Standard modern word for 'city'; 都邑 is a literary synonym rarely used today.
町まち Common word for 'town'; 都邑 can include towns but is far more formal and archaic.
村むら Common word for 'village'; 都邑 covers villages as well but is not used in everyday speech.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 都 (city, capital) and 邑 (village, settlement). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical Chinese and was adopted into literary Japanese.
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