: 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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Eric Deggans, NPR, 1 Dec. 2024
On November 10, Russian soldiers attacked a Ukrainian fortress in the hamlet of Novodmytrivka, capturing the two men.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Places in Sonoma and Marin counties, led by the famously wet, rural wooded hamlet of Venado in northern Sonoma County, along with mountaintops farther south.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
Rocky Point, a small hamlet some 55 miles east of Central Park, is on the northern coast of Long Island.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Each December, the southwestern hamlet of Gegenbach turns its town hall into one giant advent calendar.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 1 Dec. 2024
On November 10, Russian soldiers attacked a Ukrainian fortress in the hamlet of Novodmytrivka, capturing the two men.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Places in Sonoma and Marin counties, led by the famously wet, rural wooded hamlet of Venado in northern Sonoma County, along with mountaintops farther south.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
Rocky Point, a small hamlet some 55 miles east of Central Park, is on the northern coast of Long Island.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hamlet. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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hamlet
noun
ham·let
ˈham-lət 
: a small village
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