Main Entry:

vil·lage

Pronunciation:

\ˈvi-lij\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often attributive

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French vilage, from vil manorial estate, farmstead, from Latin villa

Date:

14th century

1 a: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town b: an incorporated minor municipality2: the residents of a village3: something (as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village4: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government