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

  • (..) Everything they know! You'd know this if you had any training whatsoever. Who's got a date with the chief's daughter? - Come on. That's... - All right, knock it off, you two. Let's go. Village life starts early. Don't do anything unusually stupid. Easy, boy. Pale is female. Okay. Easy, girl. (..)
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  • (..) Hey, can you... Can somebody just... Sector . Okay, go, go, go, stop. Stop... Rich, stop! That's... Jesus! Their damn village happens to be resting on the richest unobtanium deposit within klicks in any direction. I mean, look at all that cheddar! - Well, who gets them to move? - Guess. (..)
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