Meaning of VILLAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'vilij
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- [n] a community of people smaller than a town
- [n] a settlement smaller than a town
- [n] a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
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| | Synonyms: | | Greenwich Village, hamlet, settlement, small town |
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| | See Also: | | campong, community, community, El Alamein, Greater New York, Jamestown, Jericho, Kampong, kraal, New York, New York City, pueblo, residential area, residential district, settlement | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Village
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vil"lage\ (?; 48), n. [F., fr. L. villaticus belonging
to a country house or villa. See {Villa}, and cf.
{Villatic}.]
A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town
or city.
{Village cart}, a kind of two-wheeled pleasure carriage
without a top.
Syn: {Village}, {Hamlet}, {Town}, {City}.
Usage: In England, a hamlet denotes a collection of houses,
too small to have a parish church. A village has a
church, but no market. A town has both a market and a
church or churches. A city is, in the legal sense, an
incorporated borough town, which is, or has been, the
place of a bishop's see. In the United States these
distinctions do not hold.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are in a village, represents restrictions. It may also indicate that you are unsophisticated, but well-balanced. Alternatively, it means community, simplicity, and tradition. |
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