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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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Six years ago, the town of Chrey Thom was little more than a trading hamlet on Cambodia’s border with Vietnam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

I'm with Siân and James Harrison, two avid star fans who've travelled from Cardiff to the tiny hamlet of Gogoyan, in the sweeping Ceredigion countryside in west Wales.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

"We have been a forgotten territory," says Luz Dary Munoz, leader of a nearby hamlet.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

It is an abandoned hamlet in the middle of the Welsh countryside, that could be straight from a post-apocalyptic horror movie.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Then we were told we had to go to the hamlet again.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers




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