village
noun
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.
villages
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pluralof village.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These places, located along the Hudson River north of New York City, were once rural villages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
It meant embracing uncertainty, discomfort, wildly unpredictable weather, and limited accommodations in remote villages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The murky, magnificent Eel River was once a highway for the Wailaki people, who navigated by canoe and hauled goods between villages in cone-shaped baskets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
From villages deep in the Amazon rainforest to the agricultural heartlands in the south and sprawling urban favelas, Brazilians are facing a familiar cast -- with many forced to pick who they least dislike.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Students streamed in from villages all across the Sunderbans and took their seats in straight rows.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
