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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 A bit of fishing-village whimsy intertwined with underwater kaiju action? — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026 In June, Nova Sociedade installed solar panels to power water pumps that fill storage tanks and provide clean water to all 36 families in the village. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 More recently, the company has acquired additional real estate in the village of Liverpool, including the pizzeria where Minimum Wage was filmed. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 But what her father left out of his memoir and Duong captured in her film was the untold torment of Ba leaving his mother, Nguyen Thị Bay, or grandmother Ba Noi, and close relatives behind in their ancestral village in Vietnam. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for village

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hamlet

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The institution’s name comes from the rail lines that connect the Westchester County hamlet to New York City, which sits about forty miles south.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2026
Uniting a mouthwatering younger pedigree talent package, the down-the-decades drama series is freely inspired by tragic events which took place at the remote mountain hamlet of Tor in the high Pyrenees.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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