Village
1 Americannoun
noun
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a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality.
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the inhabitants of such a community collectively.
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a group of animal dwellings resembling a village.
a gopher village.
adjective
noun
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a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet
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the inhabitants of such a community collectively
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an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada
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a group of habitats of certain animals
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a self-contained city area having its own shops, etc
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(modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a village
a village green
Related Words
See community.
Other Word Forms
- intervillage adjective
- village-like adjective
- villageless adjective
- villagey adjective
- villagy adjective
Etymology
Origin of village
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin villāticum, neuter of villāticus villatic
Example Sentences
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"I'm from a tiny village in south Germany", he says.
From BBC
Seguro and Ventura have drastically rewritten their election scripts to focus on the towns and villages worst hit by the floods and storm damage.
From Barron's
Others returned to their villages and their fates are unknown.
From Barron's
Kim Ren is among more than 1,200 families from her village and Prey Chan, another contested location, who have been staying at a temple shelter for weeks, according to local authorities.
From Barron's
"I grew up in a village. We never got books to read, but I was always curious about them. I kept thinking that I should read, gather books and gain knowledge," he told the BBC.
From BBC
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