nearest village

collocation in English

meaningsofnearandvillage

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near
adjective[before noun]
uk
/nɪər/us
/nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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village
noun
uk
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/
a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in ...
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(Definition ofnearandvillagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The geographical location where the case occurred was identified as thenearestvillageor town to the premises where the horse originated.
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The farmer is an isolated man, living out in the country, possibly miles from thenearestvillage.
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One obtained a car, with which to run the passengers to thenearestvillage, and one man acted as telephone operator, booking clerk, ticket collector and everything else.
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One day he sent a pupil down to thenearestvillagefor a pan in which to boil some water.
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It is two miles from thenearestvillageschool, two miles from thenearestvillageshop and post office and six miles from the nearest train station.
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Even if one lived in thenearestvillage, in a council house, one would still have to travel to work.
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I can only suppose that what made them change their minds was the distance from thenearestvillage, which was three miles.
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In mynearestvillage, four miles away, some cottages are being built by the local authority for agricultural employees.
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Thenearestvillageschools are often full, so children are sometimes required to travel even further than normal to get to their allocated school.
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Our largest village has only 400 inhabitants and thenearestvillageto the fish farm has only just over 300 in population.
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The argument is put that there will not be so many children, and that the children will therefore be bussed to thenearestvillageor town.
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Thenearestvillageis holehonnur which is around 2km from here.
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Thurlby is thenearestvillage, 1mi km to the north.
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What if a man in the desert is just moving to thenearestvillage?
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Dazed with fear, the girl fled to thenearestvillageand reported what she had seen.
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This was also the name given to thenearestvillage.
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Arambol is thenearestvillageon the other side of the border.
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He was unhappy with the hygiene of his assigned billet in thenearestvillage, and elected to live in a tent on the flight line.
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Nobody was injured from this eruption because thenearestvillageis 8km mi west of the mountain.
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