Definition of hamletnext
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 There was a church and perhaps four or five very old houses in this hamlet. Literary Hub, 6 Apr. 2026 The hamlet of Anseillan can be seen from the windows of Château Lafite Rothschild. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2026 For some of the best seafood in all of Sicily, head to reservation-only Ristorante Enogastronomico Sakalleo in Scoglitti, a fishing hamlet of Vittoria. Jenn Rice, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026 In the town of Gay, a rural hamlet about 60 miles south of Atlanta, a resort has earned one of the highest accolades in global hospitality. Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hamlet
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village
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  • Nataliia was buried in her sister Melnyk’s village, southeast of Kyiv.
    Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Beyond that, Carpentersville already has a drone unit so QuadCom’s service wouldn’t benefit the village, Stewart said.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026

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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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