a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality.

the inhabitants of such a community collectively.

a group of animal dwellings resembling a village

a gopher village.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a village

village life.

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city , town

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center , crossroads , hamlet , suburb , borough , bourg , burg , community , dorp , home , microcosm , municipality , pueblo , settlement , thorp , thorpe , town , tribe