"village green" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: village greens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} village green (plural village greens)
  1. (British) A patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times. Tags: British Categories (topical): Urban studies Translations (Translations): dorpsbrink [masculine] (Dutch), Anger [masculine] (German), Dorfanger [masculine] (German), Dorfbrink [Northern, masculine] (German), nawsie [neuter] (Polish), maes pentref [masculine] (Welsh)

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