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   village

   /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area: "pretty fishing villages"
   • ▪ a self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life: "the Olympic village"
   • ▪ a small municipality with limited corporate powers. US
   • 2. a select suburban shopping centre. Australian, New Zealand

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin villa ‘country house’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. villagey adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • I

     1

   • L

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   • L

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   • A

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   • G

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