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Meanings of village (villages) in English

Russian
село
Portuguese
cidade
Catalan
vilatge
Spanish
lugar
Wikidata

Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town.

      село
      Portuguese
      cidade
      Catalan
      poble
      Spanish
      pueblo

      A settlement smaller than a town.

            cidade
            Portuguese
            greenwich village
            Catalan
            greenwich village
            Spanish
            greenwich village

            A mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century.

                  greenwich village
                  Usage of villages in English
                  1
                  He said water and sanitation needs remained acute for many affected villages.
                  Radio NZ
                  2
                  However, Russian military sources insisted that the villages would soon be recaptured.
                  The Irish Times
                  3
                  Other places, more isolated and far from villages, offer a different picture.
                  Reuters
                  4
                  Among the assets seized were companies and holiday villages, the police say.
                  BBC
                  5
                  Broadcasters and government officials said dozens of villages were rattled in Turkey.
                  Radio NZ
                  6
                  A fair number of villages and outbuildings were scattered throughout the area.
                  Brisingr
                  7
                  Brazil's Ministry of Health in 2004 restricted SESAI's services to indigenous villages.
                  Reuters
                  8
                  Towns and villages, though, offered plenty of camouflage and were particularly dangerous.
                  The capitol game
                  9
                  All over India this year, children in remote villages are painting elephants.
                  Radio NZ
                  10
                  Nothing was left of their farms, their villages, or their great city.
                  To the blight: the eye of the world
                  11
                  Thirty-five villages were inundated and thousands of people stranded, provincial officials said.
                  Reuters
                  12
                  The signpost had foreign words on it: the names of Belgian villages.
                  Stinger
                  13
                  He said no one would be left in vulnerable villages by Thursday.
                  Reuters
                  14
                  The Vanuatu Daily Post reported several villages had been forced to evacuate.
                  Radio NZ
                  15
                  Officials said they were receiving reports of dead birds from more villages.
                  Reuters
                  16
                  The militants had raided two villages and taken captives, including many children.
                  BBC
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                  Translations for villages
                  Russian
                  село
                  Villages through the time
                  Villages across language varieties
                  New Zealand
                  Common
                  Ireland
                  Common
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                  Common
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