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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They fanned out across towns and villages, gathered signatures and recruited polling-station monitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
It allows tribes to comment on how a proposed housing or infrastructure project might harm graves, ceremonial grounds or ancient villages.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
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
The quake had wrecked parts of downtown Anchorage and towns and villages across Alaska.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
