Meaning of ville | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Vietnamese village.
   US, historical
2. A town or village.
   rare

Equivalents

Examples

“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.””

“The fighting holes and trenches scattered in and around each ville indicate⟳ battle after battle - some only planned, others fought. We move⟳ toward a tree-lined ville.”

“On Halloween, this real hot spooky night, the dude paints up his body all different colors and puts on this weird mask and hikes over to a ville and goes trick-or-treating almost stark naked, just boots and balls and an M-16.”

“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.”

“Found my classmate Means at Amherst [Mass.]. . . . Amherst is a very pleasant little ville, but still and inactive. There is some very good land⟳ around it. There is no academic school in the place⟳.”

“We made a long round back to vile,**^([sic]) and the night bein’ cold and windy I pulled the blyhunker†† hup under a wall and lit the darkey to sample the swag before goin’ any further—which I allus make⟳ a p’int o’ doin’.”

“[T]he gleam of the glow of the shine⟳ of the sun through the dearth of the dirth on the blush of the brick of the viled ville of Bamehulme has dust turned to brown; […]”

“When I’m asked by a stranger to spell⟳ the odd-sounding name⟳ of the town in which I say⟳ I live⟳, I sometimes hear⟳ a snicker, and I get⟳ a questioning look⟳. “Yes, Estherville!” I repeat⟳. Why not? “Estherville”—the only one in the world. After all, if Robert Ridley had married someone other than Esther, this could have⟳ been Phoebeville, Lenaville, Kittyville, or Daisyville. Esther is a pretty name⟳ for a pretty ville, nestled along a meandering river under bluffs wooded by native oak, walnut, maples, and other dense timber.”

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