hamlet
Other forms: hamlets
That small settlement you pass through along a country road is not just a cluster of houses. It’s a hamlet.
You may be familiar with Shakespeare’s famous play describing the plight of the doomed prince Hamlet. Remember the meaning of the common noun hamlet this way: Picture an alternate Hamlet cheerfully living in a small village in the country (a hamlet), without family tension or the need to avenge his father. Does that help?
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a community of people smaller than a villagesynonyms: crossroadstype of:communitya group of people living in a particular local area
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a settlement smaller than a townsynonyms: villageexamples:Cheddara village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first madeSealyhama village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bredEl Alameina village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942Jerichoa village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised LandJamestowna former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607Chancellorsvillea village in northeastern VirginiaSpotsylvaniaa village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil WarYorktowna historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolutiontypes:kraala village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockadepuebloa communal village built by Native Americans in the southwestern United Statestype of:settlementan area where a group of families live together
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