noun (n)

• a community of people smaller than a town(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  settlement, small town
  

  source: wordnet30
• a settlement smaller than a town(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  hamlet
  

  source: wordnet30
• a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  greenwich village
  

  source: wordnet30
• A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.(noun)

  source: webster1913