villages

plural of village
as in hamlets
a small residential settlement we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

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Recent Examples of villages Several villages in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district have been inundated by water from upstream runoffs, local media reported Thursday. Kocha Olarn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024 There, since 2021, 9 villages have been created with a total of 1,217 beds and villages ranging in size from 74 units to 224 units. Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Israeli officials also issued evacuation orders for more villages in southern Lebanon, signaling a broadening of its ground incursion. Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024 Israel has urged the residents of the villages to head north of the Awali River, the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a post on X, referring to the river that is a third of the way into Lebanon's entire length. NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024 Why are tiny house villages so expensive to build and manage? Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 The pop-up restaurants, festivals and concerts are great fun, and in some places, fall is even better, with vivid foliage and fewer visitors in the small villages that sometimes get busy. Ann Abel, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 On Thursday the Israeli military issued warnings to residents in 20 towns and villages not included in previous evacuation orders, ordering them to leave their homes and not return until further notice. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 During the past year, some sixty thousand residents of northern Israel have been forced by Hezbollah’s bombardments to evacuate their villages and kibbutzim. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024

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“Villages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villages. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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