as in village
a small residential settlement she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born

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Recent Examples of hamlet One is to take a round-trip boat cruise across it, passing lakeside hamlets and villages atop steep mountainsides. AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025 The main road is one lane, and the level of toxins that surround my little hamlet of standing houses is very worrisome. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025 Hayes was arrested outside his home in Port Jefferson Station, a hamlet in Brookhaven on Long Island, that evening, according to police. Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train. Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hamlet
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village
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  • Every village has a place where young people and kids gather to have fun, and mostly, if there is a ball, the kids play football.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In 1940, the Oakland County suburb north of Detroit officially became a city, but more than a century later, the town has maintained its small-town village charm.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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