What is the meaning of the word 'janapada'?

A land where poets and writers lived. Group of ascetics living in a single shelter. A land where a jana (people, clan, or tribe) sets its foot or settles. None of the above

A land where a jana (people, clan, or tribe) sets its foot or settles.

Janapada means a land where a jana( people, clan, or tribe)sets its foot or settles. It is a word used in both Prakrit and Sanskrit.