village | | |
n. (group) | 1. settlement, small town, village | a community of people smaller than a town. |
| ~ community | a group of people living in a particular local area.; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" |
| ~ moshav | a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms. |
n. (location) | 2. hamlet, village | a settlement smaller than a town. |
| ~ settlement | an area where a group of families live together. |
| ~ campong, kampong | a native village in Malaysia. |
| ~ kraal | a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade. |
| ~ pueblo | a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States. |
| ~ cheddar | a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made. |
| ~ sealyham | a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred. |
| ~ el alamein | a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942. |
| ~ jericho | a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land. |
| ~ jamestown | a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607. |
| ~ chancellorsville | a village in northeastern Virginia. |
| ~ spotsylvania | a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War. |
| ~ yorktown | a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution. |
n. (location) | 3. greenwich village, village | a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century. |
| ~ residential area, residential district, community | a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences. |
| ~ greater new york, new york, new york city | the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center. |
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