village

noun

vil·lage ˈvi-lij

often attributive

Synonyms of village next

: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town

: an incorporated minor municipality

: the residents of a village

: something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village

: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government

Example Sentences

Entire villages come to see the parade. we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

Recent Examples on the Web Sitting south of the Côte de Beaune, both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay dominate production in Côte Chalonnaise though the small but fascinating village of Bouzeron is a historic Aligoté-only appellation. —

Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 Not long after, before all late fees had been collected from customers including Joel Coen, the archive found a new home in the small Italian village of Salemi, Sicily. —

Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023 Farm buildings in Yakovlivka, a small village in the Donetsk region of southeastern Ukraine on Aug. 1, 2022, and then on Tuesday. —

Henry Austin, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2023 The aim is to grow a small village into a world-dominating empire through gradual technological advances. —

Time, 12 Jan. 2023 The site of the day’s carnage is a small village half an hour by car from Sofia, capital of Bulgaria. —

Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023 Ruth raised her in a small Australian village, and this earth-shattering truth was discovered only after Ruth’s death. —

Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2023 The small fishing village of Punta Mujeres dotted with charming white houses features one central pool with several smaller ones surrounding it. —

Monica Mendal, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2023 Julien Bernard-Regnard opened his bakery five years ago in a small village in Moselle. —

Ibtissem Guenfoud, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2023 See More

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