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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: ville 'farm, village', from Latin villa; VILLA

village

 noun
     
vil‧lage S1 W1 [countable]
1 a very small town in the countryside:
a little fishing village
2

the village

the people who live in a village:
The whole village came to the meeting.
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