قَرْيَةٌ

A town, or village; (Msb, TA;) a small بَلَد, smaller than a مَدِينَة: (MF, voce تِرْمِذ:) not well applied to a مَدِينَة unless qualified by an epithet denoting greatness. (TA in article مَدِينَة.) See Bd, ii. 261.