Peasant? and Village?

Joanne M. Despres jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
Tue Apr 11 18:34:10 UTC 2006


Though of course, Greenwich Village began as an actual village in
the 17th or early 18th century, I believe -- so its historical meaning
is actually quite literal.

Joanne

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