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village

noun

ˈvi-lij

Definition of 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 of village After the Sheriff’s Office confirmed Krusely as a candidate, the Ramapo team traced his family to a living relative in Lordstown, Ohio, a tiny village near Youngstown in northeastern Ohio. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 At a village not far from the nullah where the tigers were, a crew of about 100 beaters was rounded up. — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 But the village slowly began to change, opening to the rest of the world with paved roads and electricity, cell phones and satellite TV and eventually the internet. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 When the Intifada began, the Union of Palestinian Artists took the position in the late 1980s to boycott Israeli art supplies and moved into an exploration of traditional Palestinian and village crafts. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for village

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hamlet

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The neighborhood/area Hensonville is a tiny hamlet of Windham in the middle of the Catskills with a population of just 378 people.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
These small towns—whether lakeside retreats or artsy hamlets nestled into hills transformed by foliage—are the definition of autumn charm.

— Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026

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