VILIAGOES Synonyms

• colloquial American term for a town

• a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port

• a small administrative division of a country

• provide housing for (military personnel)

• divide into cantons, of a country

• a grouping of a number of similar things

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster

• a group of people living in a particular local area

• a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common

• common ownership

• a group of nations having common interests

• agreement as to goals

• a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

• (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

• a community of people smaller than a village

• the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

• a settlement smaller than a town

• the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

• the mansion of a lord or wealthy person

• the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)

• a surrounding or nearby region

• people living near one another

• the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

• an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

• a local church community

• the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

• a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States

• a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)

• a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• a community of people smaller than a town

• a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an area where a group of families live together

• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

• a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

• British breed of large heavy draft horse

• an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

• United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)

• the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

• an administrative division of a county

• an administrative division of a county

• a community of people smaller than a town

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

• a settlement smaller than a town