A rural settlement or small village, especially in Spain or Spanish-speaking regions, typically consisting of a few houses clustered together.
From Spanish 'caserío,' derived from 'casa' (house) with the diminutive or collective suffix '-erío,' reflecting the pattern of small rural homesteads in Iberian culture.
The word captures how Spanish-speaking communities organized their countryside—not as isolated farmhouses but as clusters of homes that created natural villages. You can trace the same 'casa' root in 'casino' (originally a small house for pleasure) and 'cascade' patterns throughout Romance languages.
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