villes

Noun

ville (plural villes)

1. (US, historical) A Vietnamese village.
   • 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.”1977, Michael Herr, “Breathing In”, in Dispatches, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 9
2. (rare) A town or village.
   • 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.1702 May 1 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Marwood, “Thomas Marwood’s Diary”, in J[ohn] H[ungerford] Pollen, editor, Miscellanea (Publications of the Catholic Record Society; 7), volume VI ([Henry]...