thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent...
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In politics and economics, a Potemkin village (/pɐˈtʲɵmkʲɪn/) is a construction (literal or figurative) whose purpose is to provide an external façade...
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Global village describes the phenomenon of the entire world becoming more interconnected as the result of the propagation of media technologies throughout...
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Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north,...
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Village People is an American disco group known for its on-stage costumes and suggestive lyrics in their music. The group was originally formed by French...
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the United States, the meaning of village varies by geographic area and legal jurisdiction. In formal usage, a "village" is a type of administrative division...
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A village green is an area of common land in a village. Village Green may also refer to: Village Green, New York, USA Village Green, Los Angeles, USA...
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West Village is a neighborhood in the western section of the larger Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The West Village is...
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A village head, village headman or village chief is the community leader of a village or a small town. In Brunei, village head is called ketua kampung...
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The village idiot is, in strict terms, a person locally known for ignorance or stupidity but is also a common term for a stereotypically silly or nonsensical...
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Appenzell is a village, though considered as a town by the FSO, and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Appenzell has no...
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Gram panchayat (redirect from Village Panchayat)
(transl. 'village council') is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as the cabinet of a village or group...
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Village Park may refer to: Village Park, Florida Village Park, Hawaii Village Park (stadium), a football stadium in Alofi, Niue This disambiguation page...
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Bicester Village is a designer outlet shopping centre on the outskirts of Bicester, a town in Oxfordshire, England. It is owned by Value Retail plc. The...
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Unity Village may refer to: Unity Village, Guyana Unity Village, Missouri, United States This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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An Olympic Village is a residential complex built or reassigned for the Olympic Games in or nearby the host city for the purpose of accommodating all...
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A gay village, also known as a gayborhood, is a geographical area with generally recognized boundaries that is inhabited or frequented by many lesbian...
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Lincoln Village is the name of some places in the United States: Lincoln Village, California Lincoln Village, Ohio Lincoln Village, City of Milwaukee,...
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Village may refer to: Highland Village, California Highland Village, Indiana Highland Village, Nova Scotia Highland Village, Texas Highland Village,...
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The Village (also known as Village Recorders, or the Village Recorder) is a recording studio located at 1616 Butler Avenue in West Los Angeles, California...
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Village Roadshow Pty Limited is an Australian company which operates cinemas and theme parks, and produces and distributes films. Before being acquired...
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Village of the Damned may refer to: Village of the Damned (1960 film) Village of the Damned (1995 film), the 1995 remake The Midwich Cuckoos, the John...
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In Colonial American history, a crossroads village is a settlement that was situated where two or more roads would intersect. The owners of farmland along...
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Kananaskis Village Kananaskis Village is an unincorporated community in Alberta's Rockies within the Kananaskis Country park system in the Kananaskis Improvement...
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Bay Village may refer to: United States Bay Village, Boston, Massachusetts, a neighborhood Bay Village, Ohio, a city Australia Stockland Bay Village, a...
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Villages (Chinese: 村; pinyin: Cūn), formally village-level divisions (村级行政区; Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) in China, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for...
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Green Village may refer to: Green Village, New Jersey, an unincorporated community Green Village, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community Lochiel Park...
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Biltmore Village, formerly Best, is a small village that is now entirely in the city limits of Asheville, North Carolina. It is adjacent to the main entrance...
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Popeye Village, also known as Sweethaven Village, is a purpose-built film set village that has been converted into a small attraction fun park, consisting...
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The Regency Village Theatre (formerly the Fox Theatre, Westwood Village or the Fox Village Theatre) is a historic, landmark cinema in Westwood, Los Angeles...
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