transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtau̇n-ˌship ]
noun
Date: 12th century
1. : an ancient unit of administration in England identical in area with or a division of a parish
2.
a. : town 6
b. : a unit of local government in some northeastern and north central states usually having a chief administrative officer or board
c. : an unorganized subdivision of the county in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
d. : an electoral and administrative district of the county in the southern United States
3. : a division of territory in surveys of United States public land containing 36 sections or 36 square miles
4. : an area in the Republic of South Africa segregated for occupation by persons of non-European descent