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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It is visible in the mushrooming of private schools in small towns and villages.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
LA28 will host the Olympic and Paralympic villages at UCLA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some 1,000 people from 18 different villages and settlements remain evacuated, though weather forecasts call for some welcome light rain and lower temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Residents were ordered to evacuate two nearby villages as the flames consumed a third of the High Fens, with local officials warning the fire - which had been burning since Friday - could reach homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Of all the villages on the Sanriku Coast, Fudai was the only one that remained intact.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
