village

as in hamlet
a small residential settlement we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

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Recent Examples of village Intense tank and tracer fire flew across the field as the joint Russian and Belarusian forces simulated re-taking a village. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025 Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025. Robert Birsel shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 For at least three years, Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince has been overrun by armed gangs, and political turmoil has extended into many of the Caribbean nation's villages and towns. Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025 Small Things, an adaptation of Clare Keegan’s novel, sees Murphy as a coal seller in a poor Irish village who finds the moral courage to help a woman in need. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for village
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hamlet
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  • 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
  • The Camino del Norte follows Spain’s wild coast, with cliffs, coves, and fishing villages, while the Camino Primitivo winds through rugged mountains, misty valleys, and remote hamlets.
    Hayley Domin, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/village. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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