Village Meaning
/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
nounA rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
Sentence Examples
In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.
Have you ever been to that village?
The road continues beyond the village up into the hills.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The small ____ had only one store and a few houses surrounded by fields.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The small ____ is located in a narrow valley, surrounded by high mountains and several thick green and deep forests today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]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,[…]"
— 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
"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."
— 1993, Derek A. Scott, “A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA”, in Wetlands International, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018, page 188:
"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."
— 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020, page 28:
"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."
— 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The small ____ had only one store and a few houses surrounded by fields.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The small ____ is located in a narrow valley, surrounded by high mountains and several thick green and deep forests today.