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Village

Village

77 4.0
A neighborhood in Manhattan, New York, famous for its art and music
  • proper noun
  • /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
: Greenwich Village
  • Jackie thinks Dimka is having lunch with his biographer at the Third Street Café tomorrow in the Village.
  • Greenwich Village
  • West Village
  • East Village

Examples

  • I am not one of your friends from Greenwich Village in New York.

  • I understand you are seeking a roommate, as per your ad in the Village Voice.

  • Wow, guys, in the East Village, this is so rare.

  • Well, I think I started writing it when I was living in the West Village in New York.

  • Lives over in the Village.

  • Probably the best Halloween party in the Village; it looked like everybody who meant anything was here.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I am not one of your Greenwich Village friends.

  • I'm headed to the West Village, Greenwich Village area for brunch.

  • What began as a small scene in Greenwich Village had turned into a cultural revolution.

  • Jackie thinks Dimka is having lunch with his biographer at the café in the Village tomorrow.

Synonyms

Greenwich Village
vsVillage
25 4.5

A neighborhood in lower Manhattan known for its artists and writers

is the broader district term used as a general label for the same place

Compounds

A neighborhood in lower Manhattan known for its artists and writers

A grassy common area in a village used for play and events

A small town with old, attractive houses and narrow streets

Potemkin village
  • Literature
1 9.9

A fake front that hides real problems behind a nice appearance

village bicycle
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An insulting name for a person, often a woman, who many people think has sex with many others

1 4.2

Like a small village with a friendly community

A simple bicycle people use often for short trips in a village

9.9

A person in a village who treats sick people with herbs and simple care

Surface Forms

Village main

Etymology

Village comes from an old word meaning 'country house', like villa. So calling Greenwich 'the Village' remembers that it began as a small community of homes outside the busy city, which is why the name still feels like a close, local neighbourhood.