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ville

  • /ˈvɪl/ US

Where it comes from

From French ville. Doublet of vill and villa.

noun villes

  1. US, historical A Vietnamese village. Once we fanned over a little ville that had just been airstruck and the words of a song by Wingy Manone that I’d heard when I was a few years old snapped into my head, “Stop the War, These Cats Is^([sic]) Killing Themselves.”
  2. rare A town or village. Abᵗ 12, We left Sᵗ Malo & came to Hedé that night 9 Leagues (bayting onely at Sᵗ Pierre a pretty Ville) where we were well lodged & found Mʳ Macartie (Irlandois) the Curé.

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Closest in meaning: aire, bale, cities, city, citywide, downtown, hometown, luxembourg, marie, monaco, municipality, phil, sergent, shinbone, town, towns

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@misc{ville_2026,
  title = {ville},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ville},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}