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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