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

  • (..) The Horse-Men took your lands. They drove your people into the hills to scratch a living off rocks. Murderers! Take back the lands they stole from you. Burn every village! . . . 'othain! 'othain! You take your sister. (..)
    2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers