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village

/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/noun2 syllables

Village means: a community of people smaller than a town.

Synonyms for village5

noun, as in a community of people smaller than a town

small town, settlement

noun, as in a mainly residential district of Manhattan; ‘the Village’ became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

Greenwich Village

noun, as in a settlement smaller than a town

hamlet

also used for village

thorp

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What does village mean?3

noun

1

a community of people smaller than a town

2

a mainly residential district of Manhattan; ‘the Village’ became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

3

a settlement smaller than a town

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Village in a sentence

  • In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.Zifre
  • In this village, they lived a happy life.Lumi_alt
  • To my surprise, there were no people in the village.Swift
  • Sorry, but can you show me the way to the next village?CK
  • If you take this bus, you will get to the village.CK
  • We drove through village after village, until we got to our destination.CM
  • At midnight, we reached the village by car.unknown
  • Long, long ago, there lived an old man in a village.CM

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Forms of village

as a noun

plural
villages