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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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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

Flooding from Storm Chandra in the hamlet of Weycroft on January 27, 2026 in Axminster, England.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The fire triggered evacuation orders in the German border town of Monschau as well as two Belgian villages, although residents of the hamlet of Sourbrodt have been given the green light to return home.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 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

As he neared the hamlet, he saw smoke in several of the chimneys and breathed a sigh of relief, for it was so lonely and decayed, he had feared it was a ghost town.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

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

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

Once they reached the valley floor, the going was faster and they made good time, cantering through verdant green-woods and sleepy little hamlets, past orchards and golden wheat fields, splashing across a dozen sunlit streams.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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