village
vil.lage \'vil-ij\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. ville farm, village, fr. L villa country e] often attrib state 1a: a settlement usu. larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town 1b: an incorporated minor municipality 2: the residents of a village 3: something and esp. an aggregation of burrows or nests suggesting a villa ge 4: a territorial area having the status of a village esp. as a unit of loca l government