village

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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, þorp, and ham.

The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated communities.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/
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(Indic) IPA^(key): /ʋɪleːdʒ/
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Hyphenation: vil‧lage
Rhymes: -ɪlɪdʒ

Noun

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, […]
- 1993, Derek A. Scott, “A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA”, in Wetlands International‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 August 2018, page 188:
  The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west.
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist‎^[2], volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 1 November 2020, page 28:
  Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.
- 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN‎^[3]:
  It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.
(British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
(Philippines) An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.
There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.

Synonyms

thorp (archaic)

Hypernyms

settlement

Hyponyms

Derived terms

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Translations

a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town

Acehnese: gampông
Adyghe: къуадж (qʷadž), чылэ (čəlɛ)
Afrikaans: dorpie (af)
Ahom: 𑜈𑜃𑜫 (ban)
Ainu: コタン (kotan)
Akkadian: kaprum m
Albanian: fshat (sq) m, katund (sq) m, trevë (sq) f
Altai:
Southern Altai: деремне (deremne)
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: دیه (diye)
Amharic: መንደር (mändär)
Ao: yim (Chungli)
Arabic: قَرْيَة (ar) f (qarya), كَفْر m (kafr), ضَيْعَة f (ḍayʕa), دَشْرَة f (dašra)
Egyptian Arabic: قرية f (qarya), كفر m (kafr), نجع m (nagʕ), نحية f (naḥya)

Gulf Arabic: قرية f (qarya)

Hijazi Arabic: قَرْية f (garya, qarya)

Moroccan Arabic: قرية f (qarya), عروبية f (ʕrūbiyya), دوار m (duwwār)
Aramaic: ܩܪܝܬܐ
Classical Syriac: ܩܪܝܬܐ f
Armenian: գյուղ (hy) (gyuġ), շեն (hy) (šen)
Aromanian: hoarã f
Assamese: গাঁও (gãü)
Asturian: villar m, llugar (ast) m, pueblu (ast) m, aldea (ast) f
Avar: росу (rosu)
Azerbaijani: kənd (az), qışlaq
Baluchi: ہلک (halk)
Bashkir: ауыл (awıl)
Basque: herrixka
Belarusian: весь f (vjesʹ), вёска (be) f (vjóska), сяло́ n (sjaló), дзярэ́ўня f (dzjaréwnja) (rare), се́лiшча n (sjélišča), пасе́лiшча n (pasjélišča), ху́тар m (xútar) (khutor)
Bengali: গ্রাম (bn) (gram), গাঁ (bn) (gã), পল্লি (bn) (polli), পাড়াগাঁ (bn) (paṛagã), গেরাম (bn) (geram), দেহাত (bn) (dehat)
Breton: bourcʼh (br), gwig (br), pennkêr
Bulgarian: се́ло (bg) n (sélo)
Burmese: ရွာ (my) (rwa), ဇနပုဒ် (my) (ja.na.pud)
Buryat: тосхон (tosxon), һуурин (huurin)
Carpathian Rusyn: село́ n (seló), валал m (valal)
Catalan: poble (ca) m
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Cham:
Eastern Cham: palei

Western Cham: plai
Chamicuro: chi'nashtalichi
Chechen: эвл (evl), юрт (jurt), эвла (evla)
Chichewa: mudzi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 村 (cyun¹)

Dungan: цунзы (cunzɨ), цунҗуон (cunžuon), щёнҗуон (xi͡onžuon)

Hakka: 莊頭 / 庄头 (chông-thèu)

Mandarin: 村 (zh) (cūn), 鄉村 / 乡村 (zh) (xiāngcūn), 農村 / 农村 (zh) (nóngcūn), 村子 (zh) (cūnzi), 村莊 / 村庄 (zh) (cūnzhuāng), 村落 (zh) (cūnluò), 屯落 (zh) (túnluò), 鄉莊 / 乡庄 (zh) (xiāngzhuāng)

Southern Min: 莊頭 / 庄头 (chng-thâu), 社里 (iā-lí / siǎ-lí)

Wu: 村 (¹tshen)
Chukchi: нымным (nymnym)
Chuvash: ял (jal)
Coptic:
Bohairic Coptic: ϯⲙⲓ (timi)

Sahidic Coptic: ϯⲙⲉ (time)
Crimean Tatar: köy
Czech: vesnice (cs) f, ves (cs) f, dědina (cs) f
Danish: landsby (da) c, by (da) c
Dargwa: ши (ši)
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: dorp (nl) n
Dzongkha: གཡུས (g.yus)
Elfdalian: by m
Erzya: веле (vele)
Esperanto: vilaĝo, urbeto
Estonian: küla (et)
Etruscan: 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌖 (viku)
Extremaduran: pueblu
Faroese: bygd f
Finnish: kylä (fi)
French: village (fr) m
Frisian:
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: taarep n

Heligoland: Dörp m

Sylt: Tērp n

Saterland Frisian: Täärp

West Frisian: doarp (fy) n
Friulian: paîs
Galician: vila (gl) f, aldea (gl) f, lugar (gl) m
Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli), შენი (šeni)
German: Dorf (de) n
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 n (weihs)
Greek: χωριό (el) n (chorió)
Ancient Greek: κώμη f (kṓmē)
Greenlandic: illoqarfik (kl)
Guarani:
Mbya Guarani: tekoa
Gujarati: ગામ (gu) n (gām)
Hausa: ƙauye (ha) m
Hebrew: כְּפָר (he) m (kfar)
Hindi: गांव m (gāmv), गाँव (hi) m (gā̃v), ग्राम (hi) m (grām)
Hiri Motu: hanua
Hungarian: falu (hu)
Icelandic: þorp (is) n
Ido: vilajo (io)
Indonesian: desa (id), kampung (id)
Ingush: юрт (jurt)
Irish: sráidbhaile (ga) m, gráigbhaile m
Italian: villaggio (it) m, borgo (it) m, paese (it)
Japanese: 村 (ja) (むら, mura), 田舎 (ja) (いなか, inaka) (country), 村落 (ja) (そんらく, sonraku)
Javanese: désa
Kabardian: жылэ (kbd) (žəlɛ)
Kaingang: ẽmã
Kalasha: grom
Kannada: ಗ್ರಾಮ (kn) (grāma), ಊರು (kn) (ūru), ಹಳ್ಳಿ (kn) (haḷḷi)
Kazakh: ауыл (kk) (auyl), қыстау (qystau)
Khmer: ភូមិ (km) (phuum)
Kikuyu: itũũra class 5
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: грезд (grezd)

Komi-Zyrian: сикт (śikt)
Korean: 마을 (ko) (ma'eul), 촌락(村落) (ko) (chollak)
Kumyk: юрт (yurt), гент (gent)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دێ (dê), گوند (gund)

Northern Kurdish: gund (ku) m
Kyrgyz: айыл (ky) (ayıl), кыштак (ky) (kıştak), деревня (ky) (derevnya)
Ladin: paeje
Lak: шяравалу (šaˤrawalu)
Lao: ບ້ານ (bān), ໝູ່ບ້ານ (lo) (mū bān)
Latgalian: sola, cīms
Latin: pāgus (la) m, rūs (la) n, vīcus (la) m
Latvian: ciems (lv) m
Laurentian: kanata
Lezgi: хуьр (ꭓür)
Lithuanian: kaimas (lt) m
Lombard: paesott
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: loug (Gronings), dörp (Gronings)

German Low German: Dörp (nds) n, Derp n
Lü: ᦢᦱᧃᧉ (ḃaan²)
Lutuv: khy
Luxembourgish: Duerf (lb) n
Macedonian: село (mk) n (selo)
Malay: kampung (ms), kampong (ms)
Jawi: کامڤوڠ (ms)
Malayalam: ഗ്രാമം (ml) (grāmaṁ)
Maltese: villaġġ (mt) m
Manchu: ᠠᡳᠯᡳ (aili), ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ (gašan), ᡨᠣᡴᠰᠣ (tokso)
Manx: balley beg m
Māori: kāinga
Marathi: गाव n (gāv), खेडे n (kheḍe)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ял (jal)
Mazahua:
Central Mazahua: ts'ijñiñi
Mirandese: bila f
Mòcheno: dorf n
Mohawk: kaná꞉ta
Moksha: веле (vele)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тосгон (mn) (tosgon), гацаа (mn) (gacaa)

Mongolian script: ᠲᠣᠰᠬᠤᠨ (tosqun), ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (ɣačag-a)
Motu: hanua
Naga:
Khiamniungan Naga: nòk

Khiamniungan Naga: nòk
Nepali: गाँउ (gā̃u)
Nivkh: во (vo)
Nogai: авыл (avıl)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: landsby (no) m, torp n

Nynorsk: landsby m, torp n
Nubi: charo
Occitan: vilatge (oc)
Odia: ଗାଁ (or) (gā̃)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: село n (selo), вьсь f (vĭsĭ)

Glagolitic: ⱄⰵⰾⱁ n (selo)
Old East Slavic: село n (selo), *дьрвьнꙗ f (*dĭrvĭnja), *дьрвьна f (*dĭrvĭna)
Old English: tūn m, wīċ n
Old Galician-Portuguese: vila f
Onondaga: gana꞉dá꞉yęʼ
Oromo: ganda
Ossetian: хъӕу (qæw)
Pali:
Devanagari: गामो m (gāmo)

Latin: gāmo m
Pannonian Rusyn: валал m (valal)
Pashto: کلی m (kəlai)
Pela: va⁵⁵
Persian:
Dari: روسْتَا (rōstā), دِه (fa) (deh), قِشْلَاق (qišlāq), آبَادِی (ābādī)

Iranian Persian: روسْتا (rustâ), دِه (fa) (deh), قِشْلاق (ġešlâġ), آبادی (fa) (âbâdi)
Phoenician: 𐤊𐤐𐤓 m (kpr)
Pijin: vilij
Plautdietsch: Darp (nds) n
Polish: wieś (pl) f, wioska (pl) f, siodło (pl) n (archaic), sioło (pl) n
Portuguese: aldeia (pt) f, vila (pt) f, povoado (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਪਿੰਡ m (piṇḍ)

Shahmukhi: پِنڈ m (pinḍ), گَراں m (garāṉ)
Quechua: llaqta (qu), ayllu
Rohingya: fara, rwa
Romani: gav m
Kalo Finnish Romani: gau m
Romanian: sat (ro) n
Romansh: vischnanca f
Russian: дере́вня (ru) f (derévnja), село́ (ru) n (seló), селе́ние (ru) n (selénije), кишла́к (ru) m (kišlák) (Central Asia), ау́л (ru) m (aúl) (Central Asia, Caucasus), ху́тор (ru) m (xútor), весь (ru) f (vesʹ) (rare or in set expressions), ве́слина f (véslina) (dialectal), весца́ f (vescá) (dialectal), вёска (ru) f (vjóska) (Belarusian or Polish village), стани́ца (ru) f (staníca) (Cossack), слобода́ (ru) f (slobodá) (historical, sloboda)
Sa: ere
Sami:
Northern Sami: gilli, girkogilli, márkan
Samoan: nu'u
Sanskrit: ग्राम (sa) m (grāma)
Santali: ᱚᱛᱳ (ôto)
Sardinian: bidda f
Scots: veelage
Scottish Gaelic: baile beag m, clachan m, baile-dùthchail m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѐло n, вас f (Chakavian, Kajkavian), вес f (Chakavian, Kajkavian)

Latin: sèlo (sh) n, vas (sh) f (Chakavian, Kajkavian), ves (sh) f (Chakavian, Kajkavian)
Shan: ဝၢၼ်ႈ (shn) (wāan), မၢၼ်ႈ (shn) (māan)
Shor: аал (aal), улус (ulus)
Sicilian: pagisi m, pajisi m, paisi (scn) m, villaggiu (scn) m
Sidamo: qachcha
Silesian: wieś f
Sinhalese: ගම (si) (gama)
Slovak: dedina (sk) f, ves f
Slovene: vas (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wjas f

Upper Sorbian: wjes f
Spanish: aldea (es) f, pueblo (es) m
Sranan Tongo: dorpu
Swahili: kijiji (sw)
Swedish: by (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠉꠣꠅ (gao)
Tabasaran: гъул (ġul)
Tagalog: nayon (tl)
Tajik: русто (rusto), деҳ (deh), деҳа (tg) (deha), қишлоқ (tg) (qišloq), ободӣ (obodi)
Talysh: di, ди (di)
Tamil: கிராமம் (ta) (kirāmam), ஊர் (ta) (ūr)
Tarifit: ḍḍšā m
Tat: di
Tatar: авыл (tt) (awıl)
Telugu: గ్రామం (te) (grāmaṁ), ఊరు (te) (ūru)
Ternate: gamu
Tetum: suku
Thai: หมู่บ้าน (th) (mùu-bâan)
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: གྲོང་གསེབ (grong gseb)
Tigrinya: ቍሸት (ḳʷəšät)
Tolai: gunan
Tongan: kolo
Tumbuka: muzi
Turkish: köy (tr), nahiye (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: كوی (köy), كنت (kent)
Turkmen: oba, gyşlak
Tuvan: көдээ суур (ködee suur)
Udi: аиз (aiz)
Udmurt: гурт (gurt)
Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎔𐎗 (kpr)
Ukrainian: село́ (uk) n (seló), се́лище (uk) n (sélyšče), посе́лення (uk) n (posélennja), осе́ля f (osélja) (dialectal), аву́л m (avúl) (Central Asia, Caucasus), кишла́к (uk) m (kyšlák) (Central Asia), ху́тір (uk) m (xútir) (khutor), весь (uk) f (vesʹ) (rare or in set expressions)
Urdu: گاؤں m (gāõ), دیہات m pl (dehāt) (slightly formal, used as singular and plural), دیہ m or f (deh) (rare, singular of دیہات)
Uyghur: كەنت (ug) (kent), يېزا (ug) (yëza)
Uzbek: qishloq (uz)
Vietnamese: làng (vi), làng quê, thôn (vi) (村 (vi)), bản (vi), buôn (vi), sóc (vi), làng mạc (vi), ấp (vi), xóm (vi)
Volapük: vilag (vo), (diminutive) vilagil (vo)
Walloon: viyaedje (wa) m
Welsh: llan f, pentref (cy) m
Yakut: дэриэбинэ (deriebine)
Yiddish: דאָרף n (dorf)
Yucatec Maya: banda, kaah
Yup'ik: nuna, nunacuar
Zazaki: dew (diq)
Zhuang: mbanj