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village

1

[ vil-ij ]

noun

  1. a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality.
  2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively.
  3. a group of animal dwellings resembling a village:

    a gopher village.



adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a village:

    village life.

Village

2

[ vil-ij ]

noun

  1. The, a city in central Oklahoma.

village

/ ˈ±¹Éª±ôɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet
  2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively
  3. an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada
  4. a group of habitats of certain animals
  5. a self-contained city area having its own shops, etc
  6. modifier of, relating to, or characteristic of a village

    a village green

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±¹¾±±ô±ô²¹²µ±ð-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±¹¾±±ôl²¹²µ±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ±¹¾±±ôl²¹²µ±ð·²â ±¹¾±±ôl²¹²µÂ·²â adjective
  • ¾±²Ôt±ð°ù·±¹¾±±ôl²¹²µ±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of village1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin ±¹¾±±ô±ôÄå³Ù¾±³¦³Ü³¾, neuter of ±¹¾±±ô±ôÄå³Ù¾±³¦³Ü²õ villatic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of village1

C15: from Old French, from ville farm, from Latin: villa
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Another four people were killed in Israeli shelling near the village of Koya late last month, after local gunmen tried to stop the advance of Israeli forces there.

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Residents in a village beset with water pressure problems say the simplest of household tasks have become a battle.

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He is a virus entering a perfect, unchanging ecosystem, slowly working his way through the village until his influence has devoured every remaining shred of stasis.

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"It's a relief for us and the whole village," said Mr Harris, whose children had been unable to use the back garden after the hawk took up residence in one of their trees.

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I drank enough vodka to kill a small village.

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