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Definition of village in English: villagenoun ˈvɪlɪdʒˈvɪlɪdʒ 1A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area. all the village could do was listen as modifier the village hall Example sentencesExamples - The building later became the village hall, then a youth hostel with community use in the winter.
- In many towns and villages, such a house acts not only as a place to live, but also as a tourist attraction, bringing visitors in their droves.
- It enhances the rural areas and towns and villages look so much better when litter free.
- The main town would be the central point of an area with the outriding hamlets and villages contributing to the town's collection.
- The role of women differs greatly between middle-class urban areas and rural villages.
- The Swinford / Charlestown route will run on Tuesdays and will connect towns and villages in the area.
- People can vote at the village post office, in the village hall or post their ballot slip to the county council.
- Deaths can be prevented by drivers slowing down for the sake of our kids, particularly in towns, villages and on rural roads.
- In many rural areas the police abandon villages and small towns after 5pm.
- The coast I like, towns, villages, and even hamlets I like, but the countryside and I do not really get on.
- This space is a maze of back roads, a pattern of small hills, fine houses and pretty little villages.
- In seaside towns and villages, tourism and fishing are important parts of the economy.
- The charity is even planning a portable gym that can be packed in a van and taken to village halls in the area.
- Thankfully there are many more enlightened towns and villages in the area that welcome visitors however they may travel.
- The population was essentially rural with numerous small villages and towns housing less than 1000 people.
- In rural areas, villages are often composed of kin groups that offer support during difficult times.
- It has a busy town of characteristic corrugated iron buildings, and fishing villages of leaf houses built on poles over the water.
- The parish council has also voiced its unease at more houses in the village and wants the area for community use.
- In villages and rural areas, Clifden and Carraroe are likely to see growth in employment and services.
- Today one increasingly finds modern block and cement houses in both provincial villages and urban areas.
Synonyms community, colony, outpost, encampment - 1.1 A self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life.
Example sentencesExamples - The area proposed for the Olympic Village is the Lower Lea Valley in East London.
- Although I live in the city now, when I was small I lived in a village within the city.
- The famous village within a city is a conservation area and its imposing stone buildings are listed.
Synonyms community, district, neighbourhood, regional, city, town, municipal, provincial, village, parish, parish-pump, parochial - 1.2US A small municipality with limited corporate powers.
2Australian NZ A select suburban shopping centre.
Derivatives adjective In minutes, you could walk from the villagey downtown onto trails that switchbacked up the San Jacinto Mountains to palm oases and towering waterfalls hidden in canyons. Example sentencesExamples - And on its heights is a village far more villagey than any real village.
- It's still quite a villagey atmosphere around here.
- It has a villagey feel, he says, with its mix of pretty Victorian terraces and neat council homes with communal gardens; its primary school at one end and pub and a club at the other.
- The West End was great but very villagey, I couldn't pop out to the shop without meeting someone I knew - and when you work in clubs it is important to have some time out from all that constant networking.
- This lasted for nearly an hour but the mood was good-humoured, villagey, you felt you knew everybody and they knew you.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin villa 'country house'. Rhymes grillage, pillage, spillage, stillage, tillage Definition of village in US English: villagenounˈvilijˈvɪlɪdʒ 1A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area. Example sentencesExamples - The parish council has also voiced its unease at more houses in the village and wants the area for community use.
- The role of women differs greatly between middle-class urban areas and rural villages.
- This space is a maze of back roads, a pattern of small hills, fine houses and pretty little villages.
- The main town would be the central point of an area with the outriding hamlets and villages contributing to the town's collection.
- The coast I like, towns, villages, and even hamlets I like, but the countryside and I do not really get on.
- Today one increasingly finds modern block and cement houses in both provincial villages and urban areas.
- The population was essentially rural with numerous small villages and towns housing less than 1000 people.
- It enhances the rural areas and towns and villages look so much better when litter free.
- The charity is even planning a portable gym that can be packed in a van and taken to village halls in the area.
- In rural areas, villages are often composed of kin groups that offer support during difficult times.
- The building later became the village hall, then a youth hostel with community use in the winter.
- Deaths can be prevented by drivers slowing down for the sake of our kids, particularly in towns, villages and on rural roads.
- In many rural areas the police abandon villages and small towns after 5pm.
- In seaside towns and villages, tourism and fishing are important parts of the economy.
- People can vote at the village post office, in the village hall or post their ballot slip to the county council.
- In many towns and villages, such a house acts not only as a place to live, but also as a tourist attraction, bringing visitors in their droves.
- It has a busy town of characteristic corrugated iron buildings, and fishing villages of leaf houses built on poles over the water.
- The Swinford / Charlestown route will run on Tuesdays and will connect towns and villages in the area.
- Thankfully there are many more enlightened towns and villages in the area that welcome visitors however they may travel.
- In villages and rural areas, Clifden and Carraroe are likely to see growth in employment and services.
Synonyms community, colony, outpost, encampment - 1.1 A self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life.
Example sentencesExamples - The area proposed for the Olympic Village is the Lower Lea Valley in East London.
- The famous village within a city is a conservation area and its imposing stone buildings are listed.
- Although I live in the city now, when I was small I lived in a village within the city.
Synonyms community, district, neighbourhood, regional, city, town, municipal, provincial, village, parish, parish-pump, parochial - 1.2US (in the US) a small municipality with limited corporate powers.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin villa ‘country house’. |