family compound
Clan's private enclave
A family compound is a property where multiple generations or branches of a family live in separate dwellings on shared land.
The arrangement typically includes a main house with additional cottages, guest houses, or converted structures: The Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port.
The term suggests wealth and privacy—estates large enough to accommodate extended family while maintaining individual households.
Less affluent versions exist where families build additions or place mobile homes on inherited land.
- estateProperty and grounds
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- main houseEstate's principal residence
- guest houseLodging for visitors
- private retreatSecluded personal refuge
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- traditional housestraditional home, guest room, reception room, reception hall, central hall
- family estatesancestral home, ancestral seat, manor house, ancestral hall, country estate
- lakoumain house, communal space, shared space, peristyle, ancestral altar
- kraalcorral, stockade, livestock pen, thorn fence, entrance gate
- extended householdgrandparents, in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins
- vacation homesvacation home, holiday villa, summer house, lake house, beach house
family compoundsingle-family home
Freestanding residential dwelling
studio apartment · efficiency apartment · micro-apartment · bachelor pad · tiny house
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