How to say “village” in 33 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Malayalam, where ഊര് is the 381st most used word.
- Albanian fshat village, especially as a unit of local… #1,303
- Basque herri village, town #440
- Bengali গ্রাম a village #831
- Bosnian selo #1,586
- Bulgarian село #1,782
- Chinese 村子 village; hamlet #1,150
- Croatian selo #1,694
- Czech vesnice #2,009
- Dutch dorp village, small settlement #1,342
- Esperanto vilaĝo #971
- Estonian küla #1,326
- Galician aldea village, hamlet #866
- German dorf #1,466
- Greek χώρα main town or village #585
- Hindi गाँव village, hamlet #1,705
- Indonesian desa #951
- Italian villaggio village, hamlet #1,784
- Korean 마을 village, hamlet, usually in rural surroundings #677
- Macedonian село #1,345
- Malay kampung #709
- Malayalam ഊര് town, village #381
- Norwegian landsbyen #2,245
- Persian روستا #1,743
- Portuguese aldeia #1,840
- Romanian sat #1,653
- Serbian selo #1,453
- Slovak dediny #1,322
- Spanish pueblo town, village #566
- Tagalog baryo barrio; village; suburban district of a… #1,714
- Tamil பூசாரி priest of a village deity #1,471
- Telugu గ్రామము #1,406
- Urdu گاؤں village, hamlet #747
- Vietnamese làng #1,277
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.