vill

Definition of villnext
as in village
a small residential settlement an ancient vill nestled midst the verdant hills

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village
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  • American woman Amelia Butler bought a bargain home in the village of Latronico, in Italy’s Basilicata region, sight unseen.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
  • During the war, Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic ordered the ethnic cleansing of the majority Albanians in Kosovo, burning villages and forcing some 700,000 Kosovo Albanians to seek refuge in neighboring Albania, which touched off NATO intervention.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
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“Vill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vill. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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