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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

India in the last two years stepped up its campaign against the last remnants of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the Himalayan foothills where the Maoist-inspired insurgency began nearly six decades ago.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The ban applies to North Bay in Scarborough and the A174 to the south of Sandsend village, between 23:00 and 07:00.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Ariel Yagen, who plays the adult Jesus, is a thickly bearded Israeli who looks like he’d fit right into an Aramaic-speaking village like Nazareth, circa A.D.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

One morning the people of Rin woke to find that the stream that flowed down the Mountain and through their village had slowed to a trickle.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda