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 The village is located at 2491 Babb Road and the website for more information is osceolahistory.org. Joseph Rassel of the Sentinel staff compiled this report. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025 Here, for children living in these villages, the horror is unimaginable. Susan Mathison, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 Ronan Mckenzie has just got back to her London home, fresh and rejuvenated from time spent in a tiny Italian village in the Alps. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 July 2025 Inviting locations include the coastal villages of Dingle and Tralee in the southwest, the coastal city of Waterford in the southeast, and the Dublin suburb of Bray. William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for village
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hamlet
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  • Friday's decision also marks the next step in a national culture-wars battle over library materials that has rocked the country — and rural communities like Llano, a Texas Hill Country hamlet 75 miles northwest of Austin — since 2020.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • For a break, stop in Field, a mountain hamlet of fewer than 200 residents located within the park.
    Jenny Wisniewski, USA Today, 26 July 2025

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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/village. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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