village
/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
noun
- A small group of houses and other buildings in a country area, smaller than a town.
- We spent the weekend in a quiet village in the mountains.
- Many young people leave the village to find work in the city.
- The village has one store, a church, and a school.
- The people who live in a village, considered as a community.
- News of the accident spread quickly through the village.
- The village raised money to repair the old bridge.
- The whole village came out to celebrate the harvest festival.
- A small, self-contained community within a larger city or institution (e.g., a university village, artists' village).
- The university has a graduate student village with its own shops and cafés.
- They live in a retirement village with medical care on site.
- The Olympic athletes stayed in a special village built for the games.
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