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 Only 29 original descendants remain in the small hamlet known as Hogg Hummock or Hog Hammock, where their enslaved ancestors settled after being forcibly brought there in 1802. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024 In a steady winter drizzle 30 minutes outside Bordeaux, the tiny hamlet of Pichou appears abandoned save for a rugged-looking fellow in overalls and wellies, with the long, flowing hair of a romance-novel cover model, plowing a field of twigs behind a strapping white horse. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024 Kyiv’s forces to give up a series of towns, villages and hamlets. Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 Tlaquepaque is a collection of Spanish-style buildings reminiscent of a Mexican hamlet. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hamlet 

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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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