village

/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/

/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/

Other forms: villages

A village is a place where people live that's smaller than a city or town. The village where your grandparents live might have a population of only a few hundred people.

In the US, some towns, townships, and cities have smaller villages communities within them. There are also villages that are independent of any larger areas. In either case, a village is typically larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town. The majority of Indians live in villages, while in other countries (like Russia and the UK) population has moved to big cities and suburbs, away from traditional villages. The Latin source of village is villa, or "farm."

Definitions of village

1. noun

   a settlement smaller than a town
   synonyms: hamlet

   examples:

   Cheddar

   a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made

   Sealyham

   a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred

   El Alamein

   a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942

   Jericho

   a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land

   Jamestown

   a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607

   Chancellorsville

   a village in northeastern Virginia

   Spotsylvania

   a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War

   Yorktown

   a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution

   types:

   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 Native Americans in the southwestern United States

   type of:

   settlement

   an area where a group of families live together
2. noun

   a community of people smaller than a town
   synonyms: settlement, small town

   types:

   moshav

   a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms

   type of:

   community

   a group of people living in a particular local area