village

¹

[vil-ij]

noun

1. 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.

2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively.

3. a group of animal dwellings resembling a village.

   a gopher village.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a village.

   village life.

Village

²

[vil-ij]

noun

1. The, a city in central Oklahoma.

village

/ ˈvɪlɪdʒ /

noun

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

2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively

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

4. a group of habitats of certain animals

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

6. (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a village

   a village green

Other Word Forms

• villageless adjective
• villagey adjective
• villagy adjective
• intervillage adjective
• village-like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of village¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin villāticum, neuter of villāticus villatic

Word History and Origins

Origin of village¹

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

Synonym Study

See community.

Example Sentences

Since the start the Islamic Revolution, 31,000 of Iran’s 69,000 villages have been abandoned, with water scarcity a major contributing factor.

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But if we adjust the details a bit, that sounds awfully close to Elon Musk’s lazy storybook fantasies about charming hobbit villages protected by “hard men.”

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The Russian army on Sunday claimed to have captured two more villages in southern Ukraine, where its troops are slowly gaining ground against outnumbered Ukrainian forces.

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The dispute broke out early in the morning in the village of Kheshan between members of a Bedouin tribe, the official said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media.

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"The message they want to send is that they can reach anywhere - into cities, into villages, that they can kill civilians and burn houses and mosques."

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Related Words

• center 
• suburb