Meaning of места | Babel Free

Definitions

1. city
   Taraškievica, dated
2. place
   nonstandard
3. Equivalent to 'town': A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller...

Equivalents

Examples

“У адкры́тым по́лі гугено́ты ча́ста цярпе́лі няўда́чы, зато́е ме́сты барані́ліся па гэро́йску і ўда́чна.”

In the open field the Huguenots often suffered setbacks, but the cities defended themselves heroically and successfully.

“Гало́ўнай ры́сай тво́раў гэ́тае гру́пы ёсьць процістаўле́ньне дабраду́шных, про́стых людзе́й вёскі — лю́дзям ме́ста, сапсу́тым, з надлама́най псы́хікай.”

The main feature of the literary works of this category is contrasting the good-natured, simple villagers to the city residents, who are spoiled and have degraded psyche.

CEFR level