noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , large
▪ little , small , tiny
▪ ancient , historic , medieval , old
▪ poor
▪ attractive , beautiful , picturesque , pretty , quaint
▪ peaceful , quiet , sleepy
▪ local , nearby , neighbouring/neighboring , surrounding
▪
The flood affected the town and surrounding ~s.
▪ isolated , outlying , remote
▪ country , rural
▪ urban
▪ coastal , seaside ( esp. BrE )
▪ mountain
▪ abandoned , deserted
▪ home ( esp. BrE ), native
▪
She married a man from her home ~.
▪ agricultural , farming , fishing , mining
▪ holiday ( BrE ), retirement
▪ Olympic
▪ global ( figurative )
▪
Technology has turned the world into a global ~.
VILLAGE + NOUN
▪ community , life
▪ church , green ( esp. BrE ), hall ( esp. BrE ), market , post office ( esp. BrE ), pub ( BrE ), school , shop ( esp. BrE ), square , street
▪ centre/center
▪ resident
▪ baker , blacksmith , priest , etc.
▪ chief , elder , leader
▪ council
▪ idiot
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
They live in a farming ~.
▪ outside a/the ~
▪
Our cottage is just outside the ~.
PHRASES
▪ the centre/center of the ~ , the middle of the ~
▪ the edge of the ~ , the outskirts of the ~