посёлок

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nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
settlement, small town, township
Наш посёлок нахо́дится недалеко́ от го́рода.
Our settlement is not far from the city.
A residential locality smaller than a city, often built around a factory, station or dachas; e.g. рабочий посёлок 'workers' settlement', дачный посёлок 'holiday-home settlement'.
2.
village
В посёлке всего́ два́дцать домов.
There are only twenty houses in the village.
Used loosely of a rural place to live.

Examples

В посёлке жило несколько семей тюленебойцев.
Several seal-hunting families lived in the settlement.
Этот захолустный посёлок мало кто знает
Few people know of this out-of-the-way village.
Беженцев приселили в соседний посёлок.
The refugees were resettled in a neighboring settlement.
Комиссия, расселявшая жителей посёлка, закончила работу в мае.
The commission that was relocating the residents of the settlement finished its work in May.
В посёлке есть оленеводческая ферма.
There is a reindeer farm in the settlement.
Жители бомбардируемого посёлка искали укрытие.
The residents of the bombarded settlement were looking for shelter.
Жители переселённого посёлка часто вспоминали старый дом.
The residents of the relocated settlement often remembered their old home.
Леспромхоз находится на окраине посёлка.
The timber industry enterprise is located on the outskirts of the settlement.