tribal village

Clan's home base

A tribal village is a small settlement inhabited by members of a tribe—a community bound by kinship, shared ancestry, or cultural identity.

The term appears in anthropological writing and travel contexts: We visited a tribal village in the Amazon basin.

It often carries connotations of traditional or indigenous ways of life, sometimes romanticized or exoticized by outsiders.

Related
  • clanRelated group sharing ancestry
  • hutSmall crude dwelling
  • elderSenior figure of authority
  • chiefTop-ranking leader
  • ritualCeremonial set of actions

ancestors · ancestral land · oral tradition · drums · fireside · thatched · fire pit · community · gathering place · indigenous · settlement · kinship · ceremonial · dwelling · sacred · sacred ground · medicine man · hunter

Categories
Opposites
settlement modernity and development

tribal villagemetropolis

Large important city

modern city · megalopolis · smart city · industrial city · urban center

social organization and governance

tribal villagenation-state

Sovereign political territory

empire · cosmopolitan city · metropolis · capital city · city-state

population density and scale

tribal villagemegacity

Urban area exceeding ten million

megalopolis · urban sprawl · downtown · city center · Tokyo

Family

tribal, village, tribe, tribes, tribalism, tribalist, tribally, villages, villager

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G