is there a name for the directory that is one lower that the docroot?

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Hi,

I am running ubuntu and apache configured using PHP-FPM.

If my Docroot is : /var/www/<domain.tld>/public_html

Is there a title/name for /var/www/<domain.tld>

I allow the user that owns the docroot to also own the subordinate 
folder:  /var/www/<domain.tld>

Does  /var/www/<domain.tld> have a name/title?

Thanks!!
Keith