Noun

(en noun)

A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

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(British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

Noun

(en-noun)

(mythology) A type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology.

* 1874 , Elodie Lawton Mijatovic, Serbian Folklore :

*:"The Vilas (fairies ) live there, and they will certainly put out your eyes as they have put out mine, if you venture on their mountain."

* 1998 , Mike Dixon-Kennedy, Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend , page 302:

Duly married, the couple lived for some time in peace and contentment, until one day Marko boasted that his wife was a vila , whereupon she put on her wings and flew away.

* 1995 , Albert Bates Lord, The Singer Resumes the Tale , page 52:

She is answered, fittingly enough, by a vila , who declares that she is more beautiful than the girl.