village
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/
note: Indic
ipa: /vɪˈledʒ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪdʒ
Forms: form: villages
Etymology: From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villāticus, 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.
Senses: examples: text: There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
text: […]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 1993, Derek A. Scott, “A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA”, in Wetlands International, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018, page 188:
text: Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.
ref: 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020, page 28:
text: It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.
ref: 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
glosses: A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
glosses: A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
glosses: A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
examples: text: There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.
glosses: An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.
Synonyms: word: thorp
Hypernyms: settlement
Hyponyms: sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Abram-Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Bestwood Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Bluewater Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Brunswick Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Buckshaw Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Carn Brea Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Cherokee Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Easington Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Grand Canyon Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Kykotsmovi Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Lake Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: New Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Onslow Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Sherburn Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Swan Village
sense: Place names including "Village"
word: Woodstone Village
Derived terms: 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
villagemate
villageous
villager
villagery
village sign language
villaget
villageward
villagewards
village weaver
villagewide
villagey
villagism
villagization
villagize
Westminster village
Related terms: villa
-wich
wick