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vil·lage

 (vĭl′ĭj)
n.
1. A small group of dwellings in a rural area, usually ranking in size between a hamlet and a town.
2. In some US states, an incorporated community smaller in population than a town.
3. The inhabitants of a village; villagers.
4. A dense group of animal habitations: a prairie dog village.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vīllāticum, farmstead, from neuter of vīllāticus, of a villa or farmstead, from vīlla, country house, farm; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]
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village

(ˈvɪlɪdʒ)
n
1. (Human Geography) a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet
2. (Human Geography) the inhabitants of such a community collectively
3. (Human Geography) an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada
4. (Biology) a group of habitats of certain animals
5. (Human Geography) NZ a self-contained city area having its own shops, etc
6. (Human Geography) (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a village: a village green.
[C15: from Old French, from ville farm, from Latin: villa]
ˈvillage-ˌlike adj
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vil•lage

(ˈvɪl ɪdʒ)

n.
1. a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usu. smaller than a town, sometimes incorporated as a municipality.
2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively.
3. a group of animal dwellings resembling a village.
adj.
4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a village.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin villāticum, neuter of villāticus villatic]
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Village

 a small group or cluster of burrows of the prairie dog. 18008; a collection of dwelling houses and other buildings, 1386; the occupants of a village, collectively.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.village - a community of people smaller than a townvillage - a community of people smaller than a town
community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
moshav - a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms
2.village - a settlement smaller than a townvillage - a settlement smaller than a town  
settlement - an area where a group of families live together
campong, kampong - a native village in Malaysia
kraal - a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
pueblo - a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
3.Village - a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
Greater New York, New York, New York City - the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
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Translations
سُكّان القَرْيَهقَرْيَةقَرْيَه
село
vesnicevesnický
landsbylandsby-by
küla
ده
kylä
selo
falu
òorpòorpsbúar
むら
마을
rus
kaimo gyventojas
ciema/ciemata iedzīvotājiciematsciems
sat
dedina
vas
by
kijiji
หมู่บ้าน
köyköy halkıköylülernahiye
làng

village

[ˈvɪlɪdʒ]
A. Npueblo m; (= small) → aldea f, pueblito m (LAm)
B. CPD village church Niglesia f del pueblo
village cricket Ncríquet m pueblerino
village green Nprado m comunal, campo m comunal
village hall Nsala f del pueblo
village idiot Ntonto m del lugar
village life Nla vida rural, la vida de pueblo
village shop, village store Ntienda f del pueblo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

village

[ˈvɪlɪdʒ]
nvillage m
modif [atmosphere, life] → villageois(e); [pub, inn, shop, store, elders] → du villagevillage green npré m communalvillage hall n (British)salle f des fêtesvillage idiot nidiot m du village
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

village

nDorf nt

village

in cpdsDorf-;
village green
nDorfwiese for -anger m
village hall
nGemeindesaal m
village idiot
nDorftrottel m (inf)
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village

[ˈvɪlɪdʒ]
1. npaese m, villaggio
2. adj (of a village, villages) → di paese; (local) → del paese
a village inn → una locanda di paese
the village inn → la locanda del paese
the village idiot → lo scemo del villaggio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

village

(ˈvilidʒ) noun
1. a group of houses etc which is smaller than a town. They live in a little village; (also adjective) a village school.
2. the people who live in such a group of houses. The whole village turned out to see the celebrations.
ˈvillager noun
a person who lives in a village.
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village

قَرْيَة vesnice landsby Dorf χωριό pueblo kylä village selo paese 마을 dorp landsby wieś aldeia, vila деревня by หมู่บ้าน köy làng 村庄
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References in classic literature ?
Kaviri did as he was bid, and in an instant the entire population of the village came forth, their wide and frightened eyes rolling from one to another of the savage creatures that wandered about the village street.
From a lofty perch Tarzan viewed the village of thatched huts across the intervening plantation.
There was spurring and splashing through the darkness, and bridle was drawn in the space by the village fountain, and the horse in a foam stood at Monsieur Gabelle's door.
This offered itself in the village of Ashtabula, in the northeastern part of the State, and there we all found ourselves one moonlight night of early summer.
Just then another young man, one of those who fetched their provisions from the village, came up and said, "Do you know what is going on in the village, comrades?"
"For this reason," the Lone Wolf answered: "when that yellow chief's hide was hung up on the rock, I went back along our trail to the village, stepping in my tracks, turning aside, and lying down, to make a mixed trail in case one should follow us.
An elder was likewise there, who had made a pilgrimage of a thousand miles from a village of the faithful in Kentucky, to visit his spiritual kindred, the children of the sainted mother Ann.
Having set off in the small hours of the fourteenth, accompanied by a bugler and two Cossacks, Balashev reached the French outposts at the village of Rykonty, on the Russian side of the Niemen, by dawn.
Every day or two I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homoeopathic doses, was really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs.
The noise of their battle with Numa had drawn an excited horde of savages from the nearby village, and a moment after the lion's death the two men were surrounded by lithe, ebon warriors, gesticulating and jabbering--a thousand questions that drowned each ventured reply.
Hunt always keeping some distance in the advance, lest Lisa should push on and get first to the Arickara village. The scenery and objects, as they proceeded, gave evidence that they were advancing deeper and deeper into the domains of savage nature.
When the priest scolded him, Mowgli threatened to put him on the donkey too, and the priest told Messua's husband that Mowgli had better be set to work as soon as possible; and the village head-man told Mowgli that he would have to go out with the buffaloes next day, and herd them while they grazed.