village
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
Example
“There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.”
Other meanings
A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
An exclusive gated community; a .
“There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.”
Synonyms
- settlement
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "villa".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “village” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.