village
/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/ noun A2- A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town. · There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
- An exclusive gated community; a subdivision. · There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.
Plural villages
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Sounds of the village grow stiller and stiller,
Delia Caruthers did things in six octaves so promisingly in a pine-tree village in the South that her relatives chipped in enough in her chip hat for her to go “North” and “finish.” They could not see her f—, but that is our story.
It was the jackal--Tabaqui, the Dish-licker--and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps.
“And turn all the people of the villages against us?” clamored Shere Khan.
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