village
nounEtymology
From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin vīllāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa). Broadly overtook Old English wic, þorp, and ham. The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated communities.
- derived from villa
- derived from vīllāticus
- derived from village
- derived from village
Definitions
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
- There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
- The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west.
A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
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An exclusive gated community
An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.
- There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.
The neighborhood
- synonymthorp
- neighborvilla
- neighbor-wich
- neighborwick
- neighborsettlement
Derived
antivillage, black and white village, cybervillage, eco-village, gay village, global village, Goose Village, holiday village, intervillage, it takes a village, it takes a village to raise a child, lake village, model village, Olympic village, Olympic village effect, outvillage, pit village, police village, postal village, Potemkin village, retirement village, subvillage, summer village, televillage, throne village, unvillaged, village bicycle, bike, village cart, villagedom, village elder, village fair, villageful, village green, village hall, villagehood, village idiot, villageless, villagelike, villageman · +16 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for village. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA