village
English Thesaurus
1. a community of people smaller than a town (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | community, |
| definition | : | a group of people living in a particular local area (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | moshav, |
| definition | : | a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms (noun.group) |
2. a settlement smaller than a town (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | settlement, |
| definition | : | an area where a group of families live together (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | campong, kampong, |
| definition | : | a native village in Malaysia (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | kraal, |
| definition | : | a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | pueblo, |
| definition | : | a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cheddar, |
| definition | : | a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sealyham, |
| definition | : | a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | el alamein, |
| definition | : | a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | jericho, |
| definition | : | a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | jamestown, |
| definition | : | a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | chancellorsville, |
| definition | : | a village in northeastern Virginia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | spotsylvania, |
| definition | : | a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | yorktown, |
| definition | : | a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution (noun.location) |
3. a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century (noun.location)
| part meronym | : | greater new york, new york, new york city, |
| definition | : | the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center (noun.location) |
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