It is better that a village should fall than a custom. (Albanian) It takes a village to raise a child. (Nigerian) The village that is in sight needs no guide. (Turkish) The whole village is mother to the motherless....

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city[1]. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in...