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 New study offers a glimpse March 18, 2025 4:10 PM Read Next World 2,200-year-old shackles found at gold mining village in Egypt. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025 Anybody out in the woods doesn’t expect to walk into a village of murderers — of cannibal murderers. Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025 In towns and villages across the Ukrainian Shield, the minerals-rich geological formation traversing the country’s central and eastern regions, word of the potential U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal has had a similar impact. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025 On a map, her remote Alaskan village is called Port Alsworth. Skyler Caruso, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for village

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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/village. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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