deme

 
Pronunciation: /diːm/

noun

  • 1a political division of Attica in ancient Greece.
  • an administrative division in modern Greece.
  • 2 Biology a subdivision of a population consisting of closely related plants, animals, or people, typically breeding mainly within the group.

Origin:

from Greek dēmos 'people'; deme (sense 2) is an extended use dating from the 1930s