At the time in Jewish Eastern Europe were also public preachers (" Maggidim "), who would visit the shuls ( synagogues ) of the shtetls ( towns and villages ).

During the American Revolutionary War, their villages, including Kanadaseaga (" Seneca Castle ") were wiped out during the Sullivan Expedition by troops that invaded their homeland to punish them for assisting the British.

Juries, usually 6 or 12 men, were an " ancient institution " in some parts of England, (" Henry II " 286 ) at the same time as Members consisted of representatives of the basic units of local government — hundreds ( an administrative sub-division of the shire, embracing several vills ) and villages.

The municipality of Reggio di Calabria is divided into 15 sub-municipalities ( Circoscrizioni ) containing the frazioni (" subdivisions ", mainly villages and hamlets ) of Catona, Gallico, Archi, Pentimele, Gallina, Mosorrofa (), Ortì (), Pellaro () and Saracinello.

A religious celebration known as jaca tsariy (" collecting the cuys ") is a major festival in many villages in the Antonio Raimondi province of eastern Peru, and is celebrated in smaller ceremonies in Lima.

Dravot and Carnehan succeeded in becoming kings: finding the Kafirs, who turn out to be white (" so hairy and white and fair it was just shaking hands with old friends "), mustering an army, taking over villages, and dreaming of building a unified nation.

Gascony is also famed for its douceur de vivre (" sweetness of life "): its food ( it is home to foie gras and Armagnac brandy ), its medieval towns and villages locally called bastides nested amidst green rolling hills, its sunny weather, the beauty of its landscape, with the occasional distant views of the Pyrenees mountain range, all contribute to the popularity of Gascony as a tourist destination.

Those villages had their harbors at nearest points on the shore, often connected with stairways (" Skalas ") and the population gradually migrated there, as tourism began to emerge as an important source of income.

* Bov and Gara Bov (" Bov Station "), villages in Svoge municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

The area now covered by the city was originally the site of a handful of Māori villages ( kāinga ), including Pukete, Miropiko and Kirikiriroa (" long stretch of gravel '), from which the city takes its Māori name.

Many villages in the area have names that are of Romanian origin, such as Jeian, Buzet (" lips "), Katun (" hamlet "), Letaj, Sucodru (" under a forest "), Costirceanu ( a Romanian name ).

Eemnes formerly consisted of two villages, Eemnes-Binnen (" Inner Eemnes ") and Eemnes-Buiten (" Outer Eemnes ").

It is formed by the old villages of Sarrià ( added to Barcelona in 1927 ), Vallvidrera ( added to Sarrià in 1890 ), Santa Creu d ' Olorda ( added to Sarrià in 1916 ) and Sant Gervasi (" Saint Gervasius ") de Cassoles ( added to Barcelona in 1897 ).

Similar stories and nicknames exist for the neighbouring villages of Golcar (" Lillies "), Marsden (" Cuckoos ") and Linthwaite (" Leadboilers ").

The location of the settlements close to a water course in this dry region gave rise to the villages ' names: " As " is a prehistoric name for water (" ASKA ") which first referred to the Bosbeek River and later the village itself.

Ski has the administrative status of a town / city (), and can be divided into a centre (" Ski Sentrum ") surrounding Ski railway station and the suburban / rural villages of Kråkstad, Langhus, and Siggerud.

Other villages in the municipality include Skáidi (" rivers ' meeting-place " in Sámi ), Stállugárgu (" troll beach ", commonly written Stallogargo in Norwegian ), Næverfjord old writing and pronounced ( dialect ), written form today Neverfjord ( bokmål )-the Sámi name of which is Návvuotna-and Kokelv ( Sámi: Guoikejohka ).

Its three peaks, the minor hills ( Cermalus or Germalus, Palatium, and Velia ), were united with the three peaks of the Esquiline ( Cispius, Fagutal, and Oppius ), and then villages on the Caelian Hill and Suburra.

Nearby villages include Rough Common, Sturry and Tyler Hill.

Along with Symphony Woods, many other stands of mature trees have been maintained in Columbia, including the large Middle Patuxent Environmental Area in the western part of the city between Harper's Choice and River Hill villages, protecting much of the river valley from development.

It is located slightly southeast of Hardscrabble Road ( Tassel Hill Road ), between the villages of Waterville and Cassville.

Devon villages within of Axminster include ; Chardstock, Colyford, Combpyne, Dalwood, Hawkchurch, Kilmington, Membury, Musbury, Raymond's Hill, Rousdon, Shute, Smallridge, Tytherleigh, Uplyme and Whitford.

* McIntyre Township ( includes the villages of Marsh Hill and Ralston )

* Pine Township ( includes the villages of English Center and Oregon Hill )

Most places surrounded by Biggin Hill are small towns and villages.

Barkhamsted is a town in Litchfield County in Connecticut and contains six villages, West Hill, Mallory, Center Hill, Washington Hill, Pleasant Valley and Riverton.

The villages of Westchester and North Westchester are located within Colchester, as is the reservation of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation.

The community consists of the downtown area of Stafford Springs and the more rural villages of Crystal Lake, Ellithorpe, Hydeville, Orcuttsville, Staffordville, Stafford Hollow, Village Hill, and West Stafford.

The highest point in Thompson and the surrounding villages is Fort Hill at above sea level.

Prior to 1988, children attended the Reddick School District known better as " RUCE ", an acronym that consisted of the villages that were part of the school district ( Reddick, Union Hill, Campus, and Essex ).

Effingham includes the villages of Effingham Falls, Effingham ( Lord's Hill ), Center Effingham ( Drake's Corner ), and South Effingham.

Eventually, both villages became known as just Mullica Hill as the original name of Eric's grandfather's house in the Middle of Finland.

The largest of these villages, Union Hill, became the colloquial name for the merged town of Union itself.

During the reorganization of Morris County in 1806, Chatham Township was formed as the governmental entity to include three existing pre-revolutionary villages ( the current municipalities of Chatham, Florham Park, and Madison ) as well as all of the lands still governed by the current Chatham Township, and thus the governmental division of Bottle Hill was ended and it was reunited as far as governance was concerned.

Early villages and population centers in North Versailles included Port Perry, Saltsburgh and Allequippa Grove along the Monongahela River ; Pleasant Hill near to what is now East McKeesport ; Point Pleasant located near the present intersections of Route 30 and McKee and Naser roads ; and Stewart's Station, Spring Hill, Mosside Station, Wall Station, and Wilmerding Station along Turtle Creek, a tributary of the Monongahela River.

Its villages include Hill Church, Lobachsville, Pikeville, and Pine Waters.

Its villages include Blooming Glen, Fair Hill, Fricks, Griers Corner ( also in Bedminster and Plumstead Townships ,) Hilltown, Kulps Corner ( also in Bedminster Township ,) Line Lexington ( also in New Britain Township and Montgomery County ,) Loux Corner, New Galena, and Unionville ( also in Montgomery County.

Its villages include Carversville ( also in Solebury Township ,) Cross Keys ( also in Doylestown Township ,) Curley Hill, Danboro, Dyerstown, Gardenville, Griers Corner ( also in Bedminster and Hilltown Townships ,) Lumberville, Plumsteadville, Point Pleasant ( also in Tinicum Township ,) and Wismer.

Although this name may be derived from the nearby Yupik village Enmitahin ( Chukchi for " end of the cliff ") the name appears to refer to Keniskun ( where the traders were ) or perhaps to both villages together.

The Egmont tradition extends to the German Disney comics of Ehapa, although the German comics have mentioned possible equivalents of Mouseton as neighboring towns or villages: Mausdorf ( German for " mouse village ") and Mäuslingen ( German equivalent to " Mouseville ").

Sashiko ( 刺し子, literally " little stabs ") is a Japanese tradition, that evolved over time from a simple technique for re-enforcing fabric made for heavy use in fishing villages.

Its villages include Germansville ( pronounced with a hard " g ") and Pleasant Corners.

As chieftains ( in Low German: " hovedlinge "; in standard German: " Häuptlinge ") they took control over villages, cities, and regions in East Frisia ; however, they still did not establish a feudal system as it was known in the rest of Europe.

While double negation is still found in the Low Franconian dialects of west Flanders ( e. g., Ik ne willen da nie doen, " I do not want to do that ") and in some villages in the central Netherlands such as Garderen, it takes a different form than that found in Afrikaans.

In the mid-19th century the villages of Davisville, Churchville, and Southamptonville ( formerly " Fetter's Corner ") sprouted at the various crossroads in the township, and Second Street Pike became a toll road.

During the Edo period, Ise was a popular destination for pilgrimages which were called " o-Ise-mairi " ( literally, " Coming to Ise ") and thus these settlements grew larger and developed into small villages.

It spoke of the rapid ruralization of Latin urban dwellers — suggested to him by etymologies such as the derivation of pământ (" soil ") from pavimentum, and the creation of " genealogical villages " around common ancestors ( moşi ) or the ancient communal sharing of village lands, in the manner imagined by writer Nicolae Bălcescu.

The ancient Karyæ (" Walnut Trees ") supposedly was one of the six adjacent villages that united to form the original township of Sparta, and the hometown of Menelaos ' queen, Helen of Troy.

Captain Andrew Russell ( Paul Blackthorne ), the commanding officer of the Champaner cantonment, has imposed high taxes (" lagaan ") on people from the local villages which they are unable to pay due to a prolonged drought.

, located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan, was one of three separate villages named Azuma (" East Village ") in Gunma Prefecture.

The Bene Israel (" Sons of Israel ") are a group of Jews who migrated in the 19th century from villages in the Konkan area to the nearby Indian cities, primarily Mumbai, but also to Pune, and Ahmedabad.

The old village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (" The most beautiful villages of France ") association.

" puppets that dance on water ") is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century CE when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam.