often attributive
1
a
: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
b
: an incorporated minor municipality
2
: the residents of a village
3
: something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village
4
: a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government
Examples of village in a Sentence
Entire villages come to see the parade.
we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village
Recent Examples on the Web
Guatemalan security forces during a mission to eradicate opium poppies last month in Vista Quetzal village, Tajumulco, San Marcos.
—
Simon Romero Daniele Volpe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2024
Here, our totally subjective, state-by-state list of the most beautiful places in the U.S.
Alabama: Magnolia Springs
Mail is delivered by boat — the last year-round river mail delivery in the country — in this small coastal village along the Magnolia River.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
The pay is better than some other jobs — some drivers left their home villages to earn more in the city — though one driver, Liu Shiwei, said business isn't good.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
Crivello will eventually need to obtain local permitting from the village before embarking on any work, including stabilizing the bluff, Griepentrog said.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
Mahir lives in the village of Petrovići, in Bosnia.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Apr. 2024
After the Games, the village will be converted to future residential living for locals.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
While some members of the group went foraging in the village to obtain more food, others built a makeshift log cabin.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
During the early 1940s in a village, in what is now Ukraine, Rise Stillman and her family would illuminate candles above their Seder dinner, marking the commencement of the eight-day celebration of Passover by the Jewish faithful.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
Simon Romero Daniele Volpe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2024
Here, our totally subjective, state-by-state list of the most beautiful places in the U.S.
Alabama: Magnolia Springs
Mail is delivered by boat — the last year-round river mail delivery in the country — in this small coastal village along the Magnolia River.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
The pay is better than some other jobs — some drivers left their home villages to earn more in the city — though one driver, Liu Shiwei, said business isn't good.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
Crivello will eventually need to obtain local permitting from the village before embarking on any work, including stabilizing the bluff, Griepentrog said.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
Mahir lives in the village of Petrovići, in Bosnia.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Apr. 2024
After the Games, the village will be converted to future residential living for locals.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
While some members of the group went foraging in the village to obtain more food, others built a makeshift log cabin.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
During the early 1940s in a village, in what is now Ukraine, Rise Stillman and her family would illuminate candles above their Seder dinner, marking the commencement of the eight-day celebration of Passover by the Jewish faithful.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/village. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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village
noun
vil·lage
ˈvil-ij 
1
: a place somewhat smaller than a town
2
: the people living in a village
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