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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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Archaeologists think it could have reached the village through trade with communities in St. Augustine or present-day Jacksonville.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Students carefully remove soil with trowels while moving along paths between areas containing the remains of a 17th-century kitchen, a friar's residence, and the surrounding Potano village.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Roberts, 66, said Brynteg, where her father and grandparents were born, "was a lovely village to grow up in".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

In the village of Budry, cows and horses grazing in the rolling fields give little hint of the heavily militarised Kaliningrad exclave next door.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The glow grew brighter, then as dawn came it disappeared and I saw blue smoke rising from the hill beside the village.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

It is visible in the mushrooming of private schools in small towns and villages.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The fire triggered evacuation orders in the German border town of Monschau as well as two Belgian villages, although residents of the hamlet of Sourbrodt have been given the green light to return home.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The smoke hazard has triggered the evacuation of two Belgian villages, whose residents were still under instruction to stay away.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

LA28 will host the Olympic and Paralympic villages at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Two German-held villages and one German stronghold were captured, but otherwise the twenty-five-mile front had scarcely changed.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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