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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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The two properties are part of a collection of former fishermen's cottages in the hamlet of Newport, south of Hemsby, Norfolk.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

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

The smoke triggered evacuations in one Belgian village and two hamlets of a second -- with residents of the hamlet of Sourbrodt given the green light to return home on Monday night.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

But if you drive the river road past Monte Rio and the historic but touristy shops at Duncans Mills, you reach the coastal hamlet of Jenner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

We took trucks to the hamlet we were going to.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

The record suggests a miscount, possibly several miscounts among Pearblossom and its neighboring desert hamlets stretching east to the San Bernardino County line: Littlerock, Llano, Lake Los Angeles and Sun Village.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The smoke triggered evacuations in one Belgian village and two hamlets of a second -- with residents of the hamlet of Sourbrodt given the green light to return home on Monday night.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Her family moved more than 10 times, from Chicago to working-class hamlets in southern New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Caught in the middle, many villagers sneaked back to their home villages, deserting the strategic hamlets.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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