Definitions for Village
ˈvɪl ɪdʒVil·lage

Princeton's WordNet(4.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. village, small town, settlement(noun)

   a community of people smaller than a town

2. village, hamlet(noun)

   a settlement smaller than a town

3. Greenwich Village, Village(noun)

   a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

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1. village(Noun)

   A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

   There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.

2. village(Noun)

   A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

3. village(Noun)

   A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Village(noun)

   a small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city

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1. Village

   A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the East Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon, as well as Hampstead Village in the London conurbation. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practise subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. In many cultures, towns and cities were few, with only a small proportion of the population living in them. The Industrial Revolution attracted people in larger numbers to work in mills and factories; the concentration of people caused many villages to grow into towns and cities. This also enabled specialization of labor and crafts, and development of many trades. The trend of urbanization continues, though not always in connection with industrialisation. Villages have been eclipsed in importance as units of human society and settlement.

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1. village

   The village symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the village symbol and its characteristic.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Village' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #913

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Village' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1234

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Village' in Nouns Frequency: #311

How to pronounce Village?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Village in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Village in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Village in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Village in a Sentence

1. African Proverb:

   It takes a village to raise a child.

2. William Dukane:

   It takes a village to raise an idiot.

3. Josephine Kulea:

   All the girls in the village are at risk.

4. Jamie Dimon:

   It took a village to take care of just me.

5. Abdul Sattar Edhi:

   He will be buried at Edhi Village tomorrow.

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