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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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The entire hamlet can only operate if Flores’ regular gasoline deliveries make it through on Highway 1 every two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Thorpeness was initially transformed from a hamlet into a holiday resort by playwright and barrister Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie in the early 20th Century.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Reid’s impoverished youth in a tiny hamlet in southern Nevada gave him an iron will, steep ambition and a sizable chip on his shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

I turned in the direction of the sound, and there, amongst the romantic hills, whose changes and aspect I had ceased to note an hour ago, I saw a hamlet and a spire.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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