village
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa).
Broadly overtook Old English wic#Noun, þorp#Noun_3, and ham#Noun_18.
The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated communities.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/
village (plural villages)
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town. - There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC ↗:
- […] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, […]
- (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
- (Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
- (Philippines) A gated community.
- After the storm, the park in our village was a mess.
- thorp (archaic)
- French: village
- German: Dorf
- Italian: villaggio, borgo, paese
- Portuguese: aldeia, vila, povoado
- Russian: дере́вня
- Spanish: aldea, pueblo
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