Thesaurus results for VILLAGE

village

noun

ˈvi-lij

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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 Lebanese state media reported late Saturday night that an Israeli strike on a mosque in the village of Saamaiyeh killed three people. —

Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 When the story spread throughout other Bishnoi villages, 363 people also sacrificed their lives for the trees. —

Ava Berger, NPR, 22 Apr. 2026 Lagerfeld purchased the property, located in the small French village of Le Mée-sur-Seine, in 1986 for an undisclosed amount. —

India Roby, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2026 For instance, since 2008, Sangham Radio broadcasts for 2 hours daily in Telugu to 150 villages in the Telangana region. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for village

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hamlet

Noun

From a practical standpoint, outstate cities, towns and hamlets either could not or did not want to spend more taxpayer money on new flags and seals and new paint jobs for public equipment.

— Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
Historically, Biarritz—a small seaside hamlet on France’s southwestern coast—has closely competed with its eastern neighbors on the Med.

— Monica Mendal, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2026