Village

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  • noun. A small group of dwellings in a rural area, usually ranking in size between a hamlet and a town.
  • noun. In some US states, an incorporated community smaller in population than a town.
  • noun. The inhabitants of a village; villagers.
  • noun. A dense group of animal habitations.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small assemblage of houses, less than a town or city, and larger than a hamlet.
  • noun. In law, sometimes a manor; sometimes a whole parish or subdivision of it; most commonly an outpart of a parish, consisting of a few houses separate from the rest.
  • Of, pertaining to, or belonging to a village; characteristic of a village; hence, rustic; countrified.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.
  • noun. a kind of two-wheeled pleasure carriage without a top.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
  • noun. A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
  • noun. A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a community of people smaller than a town
  • noun. a settlement smaller than a town
  • noun. a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
    • Word Usage
    "But it was not our fault that, in translating village feast into _fête de village_, she had allowed her imagination to mislead her with false hopes."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    community  residential area  residential district  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    millage  pillage  spillage  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    camp  castle  church  cottage  district  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Kreis  archbishopric  archdiocese  arrondissement  bailiwick  
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