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Word: Hamlet
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French hamelet, diminutive of hamel ‘little village’; related to home (hám in Old English)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhamlɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village, and strictly (in Britain) one without a church
Short Definition:small settlement, generally one smaller than village
Examples:- the house is in a quiet hamlet overlooking open countryside
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