village
1 Americannoun
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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
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In the fishing village of Sedanka, in Russia's Far East, life is hard.
From BBC
The cleric spoke in Julis, a quiet Druze village in northern Israel, where the community has set up an "emergency room" to coordinate aid efforts for Druze in Syria.
From Barron's
Wildlife crime experts have only just revealed how they were able to identify the individual animal from body parts found in a suspect's village, as they matched a profile on Zimbabwe's lion database.
From BBC
Knight and Bowe began dating at the 2022 Beijing Games after the hockey star asked to join the racer on daily walks through the Olympic village.
From Los Angeles Times
Considerable work still needs to be done on the village, which will ultimately include 12 homes, each accommodating six children.
From MarketWatch
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