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 There was only one seemingly challenging logistical factor: This village was located 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Carinne Geil Botta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025 See & Do Take In Views from the Top The towering lighthouse that once beamed from the tip of Cape San Blass (on the point of the peninsula across the bay) was moved to Port St. Joe in 2014 and today watches over the sleepy village. Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025 New police chief Longtime Round Lake police Officer Ryan Rodriguez has been promoted to chief of police, the village announced this week. Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025 Then, Swiss colonists settled in the village of Shabo and started a movement toward quality vineyard plantings and management and higher-quality winemaking, and that was the very beginning of the SHABO legacy. Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for village
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  • Adding to its appeal are expansive views of the Lake, the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, and the iconic Shakespeare Rock monolith, the backdrop for this awe-inspiring hamlet.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Fire Island, just off the hamlet Sayville on New York’s Long Island, has long been considered a gay paradise.
    Elyssa Goodman, Them., 25 Apr. 2025

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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/village. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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