Definitions for villageˈvɪl ɪdʒ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vil•lageˈvɪl ɪdʒ(n.)
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.
Category: Government
the inhabitants of such a community collectively.
Category: Government
a group of animal dwellings resembling a village.
(adj.)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a village.
Category: Government
Origin of village:
1350–1400; ME < MF < L villāticum, neut. of villāticusvillatic
Princeton's WordNet
village, small town, settlement(noun)
a community of people smaller than a town
village, hamlet(noun)
a settlement smaller than a town
Greenwich Village, Village(noun)
a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
village(noun)ˈvɪl ɪdʒ
a small town, especially outside of the U.S.
an alpine village
Wiktionary
village(Noun)
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
village(Noun)
A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
village(Noun)
A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
Webster Dictionary
Village(noun)
a small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city
Translations for village
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
village(noun)
a group of houses etc which is smaller than a town
They live in a little village; (also adjective) a village school.
- dorpieAfrikaans
- قَرْيَهArabic
- село, селскиBulgarian
- aldeiaPortuguese (BR)
- vesnice; vesnickýCzech
- das Dorf, Dorf-...German
- landsby; landsby-Danish
- χωριόGreek
- puebloSpanish
- külaEstonian
- روستاFarsi
- kyläFinnish
- (du) villageFrench
- כְּפָרHebrew
- गांवHindi
- seloCroatian
- faluHungarian
- desaIndonesian
- þorpIcelandic
- paese; di paeseItalian
- 村Japanese
- 마을, 촌락Korean
- kaimasLithuanian
- ciems; ciematsLatvian
- kampungMalay
- dorpDutch
- landsby, tettstedNorwegian
- wieśPolish
- روستاPersian
- كلى: كليوال، دكلي خلكPashto
- aldeiaPortuguese
- satRomanian
- деревняRussian
- dedina; dedinskýSlovak
- vas; vaškiSlovenian
- seloSerbian
- bySwedish
- หมู่บ้านThai
- köyTurkish
- 村莊Chinese (Trad.)
- селоUkrainian
- گاؤںUrdu
- ngôi làngVietnamese
- 村庄Chinese (Simp.)
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