village

noun

• 1a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area: pretty fishing villages the village of Claxby all the village could do was listen [as modifier]:the village hall
• a self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life:the Olympic village
• US a small municipality with limited corporate powers.

• 2Australian/NZ a select suburban shopping centre.