village
♦♦ vil|lage /v'ɪlɪdʒ/ (villages)
[N-COUNT]
A village consists of a group of houses, together with other buildings such as a church and a school, in a country area.
He lives quietly in the country in a village near Lahti.
...the village school.glob|al vil|lage
[N-SING]
People sometimes refer to the world as a global village when they want to emphasize that all the different parts of the world form one community linked together by electronic communications, especially the Internet.
Now that we are all part of the global village, everyone becomes a neighbour.
[N-COUNT]
A village consists of a group of houses, together with other buildings such as a church and a school, in a country area.
He lives quietly in the country in a village near Lahti.
...the village school.glob|al vil|lage
[N-SING]
People sometimes refer to the world as a global village when they want to emphasize that all the different parts of the world form one community linked together by electronic communications, especially the Internet.
Now that we are all part of the global village, everyone becomes a neighbour.