village

as in hamlet
a small residential settlement we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

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Recent Examples on the Web Yakovleva stayed in her village during the occupation and has been injured multiple times since the start of the war, including by shrapnel. Lauren Kent, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024 With the help of her friends, Wendie discovers a supernatural creature is responsible for many of the village’s ills. Jamie Lang, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024 But over that same period Israel, too, has been making preparations for another war with Hezbollah, and this time committing itself to pursue a far more destructive doctrine regarding the use of force – namely, to obliterate every village from which Israel is fired on. The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024 The film tells the story of a small South Korean village where a strange, violent illness begins to spread that causes its victims to violently lash out at their own families. Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for village 

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

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