village

Definition

  • noun: a small town in the country
  • noun: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
  • synonyms: town, hamlet, city

Examples

  • fishing/mining 'villages' [=villages in which most people fish/mine as a job]

  • Entire 'villages' come to see the parade.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Wolgang Amadeus Mozart. A great composer. Ah... one of your germans... Let me tell you about one of ours. Hm... There was a priest in our village... A big drinker... When he woke up in the morning... You have orders to kill me, Peter? Hm... Shut up. (..)
    1965 Forest of the Hanged
  • (..) He was crying and kept repeating: "The love, the love, only the love." I brought him from the wires. I'm going to sleep. Mr captain Klapka, i've been looking for you throughout the whole village. The general asked for you. Yes. Attention! A historical monument. A damn thing that they bombed it. (..)
    1965 Forest of the Hanged