village
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- noun
- /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
- I grew up in a small village in Algeria.
- towns and villages
- remote village
- small village
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Watch on YouTubeWhen the earthquake hit, all the buildings in his village were destroyed.
- When the earthquake hit, all the buildings in his village were destroyed.
- They heard a neighboring village was going to come and attack them.
- So a town is not the same village, it's not a large village.
- And I started taking out Taliban in the village itself.
- And then everyone in the whole village kind of knew who did it.
- I was born in a village in South of India.
- And I was taken out to this remote village about an hour outside Moscow.
Examples
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After the storm, the village worked together to rebuild damaged homes.
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When the earthquake hit, all the buildings in his village were destroyed.
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After two weeks of working in that village, it was time to go back.
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If you want, you can come to my village for a while.
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Because you come from a village just like that one.
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The woman will find somewhere in the village.
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We approached the village nearly at dusk.
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Observing the poverty of the village, the group decided to buy a donkey for the local community.
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I grew up in a small village surrounded by fields and forests.
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When the festival started, the whole village came out to celebrate.
Synonyms
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A place where people start living together in a new area
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A village of connected adobe or stone houses with several floors built by Native Americans in the US southwest
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A small town with old, attractive houses and narrow streets
A small village in India where people live and farm
A small traditional village in Malaysia or Indonesia near farms
A small village or group of houses often found in English place names
A small local community in the Philippines with its own leaders and events
Compounds
- Offensive
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An insulting name for a person, often a woman, who many people think has sex with many others
- Archaic
A person in a village who treats sick people with herbs and simple care
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Etymology
The word village comes from the Latin word villa, which meant a 'country house' and later was used in Old French for the houses around it. Think of a villa with a few homes close together, and you can see why a village is a small community of houses.