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townlets

noun

plural of townlet

as in villages

a small residential settlement we passed through several sleepy townlets on the long drive to the ski lodge

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The Organization and Guidance Department, the party’s most powerful agency, oversees appointments, inspections, and discipline everywhere—in Pyongyang as well as rural villages.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
More than half of the state’s roughly 1,300 cities and villages chose to reinstate it, according to Department of Revenue data.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

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