: a legendary Danish prince and hero of Shakespeare's play Hamlet
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Noun (1)
she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
The telltale signs of a community built with money earned abroad are unmistakable in this mountain hamlet.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
The sister of another organizer, Luis Ramírez, watched a live Facebook video of their hamlet’s festivities from her New Jersey home.
—Giovanna Dell'orto, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2025
The hamlet was previously known as Kopernik Shores, and SpaceX purchased nearly all of the approximately 35 ranch homes in the area.
—Robert A. Kopack, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Stay Here: The Thinking Traveller’s ‘Citrus’ villa is located in a waterfront hamlet on Plakes beach, about three kilometers west of the port town.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
The telltale signs of a community built with money earned abroad are unmistakable in this mountain hamlet.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
The sister of another organizer, Luis Ramírez, watched a live Facebook video of their hamlet’s festivities from her New Jersey home.
—Giovanna Dell'orto, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2025
The hamlet was previously known as Kopernik Shores, and SpaceX purchased nearly all of the approximately 35 ranch homes in the area.
—Robert A. Kopack, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hamlet. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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hamlet
noun
ham·let
ˈham-lət 
: a small village
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