village

noun

Etymology: From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin vīllāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa). Broadly overtook Old English wic, þorp, and ham. The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated communities.

1. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

   “There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.”

   “[…]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]”

2. A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
3. A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
4. An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.

   “There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.”