Definition of village
1a : a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a townb : 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
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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
Recent Examples of village from the Web
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No one in 180 or so fishing villages of Sindhudurg district expected to have problems fishing, after centuries of their families relying on the sea.
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His was a class of thousands, a small village, really, linked by their belonging to each other just for a few hours more.
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Environment Ministry spokeswoman Ana Kekezi said Tuesday that a shepherd found the bear stuck in rocks at Shen Meri village, 35 kilometers (20 miles) east of the capital.
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The protagonist of this noir novel is a crime writer who has just moved to a small Turkish village that is veering toward violence.
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The watering hole had been a fixture in this Long Island village for decades, wedged in one of the storefronts on the main street that runs past a drugstore, an ice-cream parlor and a row of restaurants before ending at the harbor.
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An additional seven men who were guests in one house in the village were also killed, according to a senior figure in al Adhlan whose name is being withheld for fear of reprisals from AQAP.
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But some remained trapped in interior villages where boats have been unable to reach.
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Schaumburg is the latest Illinois community to enter into an agreement with Airbnb that will allow the village to begin receiving taxes from the online vacation rental giant.
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Origin and Etymology of village
Middle English, from Anglo-French vilage, from vil manorial estate, farmstead, from Latin villa
VILLAGE Defined for English Language Learners
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: a small town in the country
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: the people who live in a village
VILLAGE Defined for Kids
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1 : a place where people live that is usually smaller than a town
2 : the people living in a village The entire village turned out for the parade.
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