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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Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Its 12,000-square-foot store will have higher ceilings, more gasoline fueling pumps, a two-bay drive-thru carwash, additional parking and a separate diesel fueling area, according to village documents.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Chong Keat Aun’s Mother Bhumi stars Fan Bingbing as a woman in a Malaysian village in the 1990s uncovering the truth behind her husband’s death, while Zhang Lu, fresh from winning Busan’s Best Film Award for Gloaming In Luomu, is premiering Mothertongue, also starring Bai Baihe, in Tokyo.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
In Ruidoso, New Mexico, the pounding hooves of racehorses have entranced crowds from across Texas and New Mexico every summer, pumping in millions of dollars from the All-American Derby, Oaks and Futurity races and the steady hum of seasonal jobs that carry this mountain village.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Its 12,000-square-foot store will have higher ceilings, more gasoline fueling pumps, a two-bay drive-thru carwash, additional parking and a separate diesel fueling area, according to village documents.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Chong Keat Aun’s Mother Bhumi stars Fan Bingbing as a woman in a Malaysian village in the 1990s uncovering the truth behind her husband’s death, while Zhang Lu, fresh from winning Busan’s Best Film Award for Gloaming In Luomu, is premiering Mothertongue, also starring Bai Baihe, in Tokyo.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
In Ruidoso, New Mexico, the pounding hooves of racehorses have entranced crowds from across Texas and New Mexico every summer, pumping in millions of dollars from the All-American Derby, Oaks and Futurity races and the steady hum of seasonal jobs that carry this mountain village.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/village. Accessed 6 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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