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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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The same defensive structure was rebuilt, a hamlet or farm was established on a nearby hilltop, and people were buried in a cemetery between the two areas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Her trial last year drew podcasters, film crews and true crime fans to a courthouse in the rural town of Morwell, a sedate hamlet in Victoria better known for its prize-winning roses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Clever and ambitious, Debicki’s snob is itching for an excuse to leave this hamlet for the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Just outside Spalding, The Ship Inn pub stands by the River Welland in the small hamlet of Surfleet Seas End.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

But Mary Jackson remembered the prewar hamlet where Negro vacationers still made their way to Bay Shore Beach by trolley car.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

She’s tried them in McDonald’s and Michelin-starred haunts, in tony European hamlets and Midwestern hockey towns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

But authorities have lifted all evacuation orders in the border region since Wednesday, allowing the residents of several Belgian hamlets and a town on the German border to return home.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The camps are classified as social housing, but are effectively tiny hamlets comprising several homes.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

This part of rural Victoria is dotted with small towns and hamlets, which may at first appear quite isolated.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

He painted sea vistas he’d never seen and forest hamlets he’d never visited, complete with a pipe-smoking figure resting on a log.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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