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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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I asked the queen what a newbie like me should know about visiting her village.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“It takes a village to pay for college.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

In the small Long Island village of Massapequa Park, home to 18,000, American flags line streets bordering dozens of well-maintained residences, some with boats sitting in the driveway.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The long, digressive rural idyll “NN” follows a sophisticated city dweller’s return to the village of his childhood country house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I walked through the little village and kept my eyes on the ground.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff