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

  • (..) when I was getting married. I'm sorry. I couldn't leave him. Yes. My wife... You can't stay now. I will nurse him with Agafia. The woman will find somewhere in the village. You won't see her. She knows it is impossible to meet you. It is a torment to me that I've brought you under the same roof (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina