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hamlet
noun as in small village
Strong matches
Weak match
- small town
Example Sentences
Her family moved more than 10 times, from Chicago to working-class hamlets in southern New Jersey.
Near the mine was a hamlet, also named La Ciénega, and overrun by the cartel.
Puech spent much of his time in a tiny hamlet in the Alps, or caring for his horses.
The setting is still a Swiss alpine hamlet, but the villagers are all members of some puritanical sect and its sleepwalking heroine, Amina, has longings that transcend its limits.
During this time, many were considered cursed by the devil in Alpine folklore, their advances linked to spiritual forces as they threatened hamlets and farmland.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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