often attributive
1
a
: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
b
: an incorporated minor municipality
2
: the residents of a village
3
: something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village
4
: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government
Examples of village in a Sentence
Entire villages come to see the parade.
we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village
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The meal was accompanied by stories about her own children playing and working in the fields of her village.
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The unhinged narrator, Lisa, is, like Harwicz herself, a Jewish Argentinean woman living in a small French village.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
On September 26, the group reportedly shot and killed a Christian and burned down two churches in the village of Nacocha, in Cabo Delgado's Chiure District, before setting fire to two churches in the village of Nacussa, in the same district.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
On my first visit, Shenzhen on the mainland just outside of Hong Kong was transitioning from a fishing village into a Special Economic Zone to assemble simple garments and toys for foreign companies.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
The unhinged narrator, Lisa, is, like Harwicz herself, a Jewish Argentinean woman living in a small French village.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
On September 26, the group reportedly shot and killed a Christian and burned down two churches in the village of Nacocha, in Cabo Delgado's Chiure District, before setting fire to two churches in the village of Nacussa, in the same district.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
On my first visit, Shenzhen on the mainland just outside of Hong Kong was transitioning from a fishing village into a Special Economic Zone to assemble simple garments and toys for foreign companies.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for village
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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/village. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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village
noun
vil·lage
ˈvil-ij 
1
: a place somewhat smaller than a town
2
: the people living in a village
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