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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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Called Queen by her neighbors, Judit struggles to support her family and find some semblance of happiness in Bäck, a rural Swedish village.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The checkpoint they were given was Fiskardo, a village on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

In the village of Pusztavacs in central Hungary, election posters on electricity poles remind voters of a looming poll, where nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's future is on the line.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The artist’s summer stays on the Northern French coastline began in 1885 in Grandcamp, a humble fishing village distinguished only by its vacant beachfront and dramatic cliffs rising to the east.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

I had never been anywhere but this village.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff