as in village
a small residential settlement she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born

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Recent Examples on the Web Farrow, along with her husband Gary and their 10-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter bought a home in 1996 in the hamlet about 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024 Best Hotels & Resorts Borgo San Felice This Relais & Châteaux hotel breathed new life into a medieval hamlet in the countryside near Siena. Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2024 The Gulf Coast hamlet in Sarasota County offers a slice of picture-perfect paradise in one superbly family-friendly bite. Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024 Situated in the Chattahoochee Hills region southwest of Atlanta, the 1,000-acre community is home to hundreds of people whose residences are spread across four different hamlets. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hamlet 

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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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