village

[vil-ij]

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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.

the inhabitants of such a community collectively.

a group of animal dwellings resembling a village: a gopher village.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a village: village life.

Origin of village

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin villāticum, neuter of villāticus villatic. See -age

Related formsvil·lage·less, adjectivevil·lage·y, vil·lag·y, adjectivein·ter·vil·lage, adjective

Synonym study

1. See community.

Village

[vil-ij]

noun

The, a city in central Oklahoma.

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Related Words for village

suburb, center, crossroads, hamlet

Examples from the Web for village

Contemporary Examples of village

On the southern side of the JSA, there is a village called Daeseong-dong (대성동).
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Rich Goldstein
December 30, 2014
On the northern side of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).
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December 30, 2014
Back in Iran, he once got word that the Iranians were going to raid a village where his men were stationed.
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December 29, 2014
In the weeks following the Sept. 9, car bombing at the Iranian base, Iran raided a village in the Pakistani district of Chagai.
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Umar Farooq
December 29, 2014
In this smaller town, there are only five families, the village chief says.
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Nina Strochlic
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Historical Examples of village

Even the village was too human, too modern, for his early-pagan mood.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
It is the superintendent of the factory in our village—a man rich, or, at any rate, well-to-do.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
It occurred to him that he could sell them at a market store in the village.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
The house had been built only three years, and was the show-place of the village.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
That morning a rumor had reached the village of a famine in the island of Crete.
Ancient Man
Hendrik Willem van Loon

British Dictionary definitions for village

village

noun

a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet

the inhabitants of such a community collectively

an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada

a group of habitats of certain animals

NZ a self-contained city area having its own shops, etc

(modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a villagea village green

Derived Formsvillage-like, adjective

Word Origin for village

C15: from Old French, from ville farm, from Latin: villa

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Word Origin and History for village

late 14c., "inhabited place larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town," from Old French village "houses and other buildings in a group" (usually smaller than a town), from Latin villaticum "farmstead" (with outbuildings), noun use of neuter singular of villaticus "having to do with a farmstead or villa," from villa "country house" (see villa). Village idiot is recorded from 1907.