village

Definition of village in English English dictionary: a planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district; a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town; a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century; a settlement smaller than a town; A village consists of a group of houses, together with other buildings such as a church and a school, in a country area. He lives quietly in the country in a village near Lahti. the village school; {i} small rural town; people who live in a small rural town; A set of 13 or more families living in the same geographical proximity and sharing a common tradition, resources and needs; a community of people smaller than a town; Any small assemblage of houses less than a town; very small town in the countryside; {n} a small collection of country houses; A collection of rural households linked by culture, custom, and association with the land; of or pertaining to a village or small town; a community of people smaller than a town a settlement smaller than a town; The village of Schaumburg, Illinois; A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city; desa; vil
village bike: A local woman who sleeps with many men
village cart: An open, two-wheeled pleasure carriage
village green: a patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times
village hall: Building which houses the village's government
village hall: The village government
village halls: plural form of village hall
village idiot: A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour
village idiots: plural form of village idiot
Village Voice: a weekly newspaper produced in Greenwich Village, the artistic centre of New York City, which includes news and articles about politics, books, films etc, and alternative entertainment
village fool: one who behaves foolishly at every opportunity
village green: an area of grass in the middle of an English village
village green: a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land
village idiot: someone in the past who had mental difficulties and lived in a small village with the other people there
Potemkin village: Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances
eco-village: A small self-sustained and eco-friendly community
global village: The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web
McLuhan believes that the world is rapidly becoming a global village, in which mankind communicates in a supermodern version of the way tribal societies were once related.
villager: a person who lives in, or comes from, a village
villager: a worker unit (Synonyms: peasant, peon, serf)
villager: {n} an inhabitant of a village, a rustic
Arab village: small rural town inhabited by Arabs
Greenwich Village: bohemian area of New York City, area of New York City known for the arts
Greenwich Village: a fashionable area of New York City, famous for being the home of many artists. Residential section, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, U.S. A village settlement during colonial times, it became in successive stages an exclusive residential area, a tenement district, and, after 1910, a rendezvous for writers, artists, students, bohemians, and intellectuals. The quaintness of its old townhouses led to rising rents in the 1980s and '90s. Washington Square, in its centre, is dominated by Washington Arch and New York University
Potemkin village: Something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance: "the Potemkin village of this country's borrowed prosperity" (Lewis H. Lapham)
global village: nations of the world, citizens of the world, world as compared to a small village
global village: People sometimes refer to the world as a global village when they want to emphasize that all the different parts of the world form one community linked together by electronic communications, especially the Internet. Now that we are all part of the global village, everyone becomes a neighbour. The entire world and its inhabitants: "The global village has come to understand that no society that seeks respect can support or tolerate... savagery" (Hugh Sidey). a name for the world, used to emphasize the degree to which everything is connected and each part depends on the others
greenwich village: a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
remote village: secluded village
small village: tiny village, village with a very small population
stricken village: small town that has been affected by war or natural disaster
the Baptist village: small town in the Sharon area (of Israel) where people of the Baptist religion reside
vegetarian village: rural town in which all of the residents are vegetarians
villager: {i} peasant, one who lives in a village
villager: An inhabitant of a village
villager: You refer to the people who live in a village, especially the people who have lived there for most or all of their lives, as the villagers. Soon the villagers couldn't afford to buy food for themselves. someone who lives in a village
villager: one who has lived in a village most of their life
villages: Plural of village