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villages

noun

plural of village

as in hamlets

a small residential settlement we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

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Recent Examples of villages This time, Rome killed more than half a million, wiped out nearly 1,000 villages, and banned Jews from Jerusalem. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 Life and social structures in remote river villages are rooted in summer fish camps, where the community catches, processes, and preserves the salmon that feeds them through the winter. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026 Friday was the fourth time in the past month that Israel imposed restrictions across the territory, shutting gates and checkpoints connecting Palestinian villages to major roads. — Shlomo Mor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The very next day, another gunman killed eight people in villages on the outskirts of Belgrade. — Gazela Pudar Drasko, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 In villages near the epicenter, authorities have found at least two injured people and houses with visible cracks, Reuters reported citing a state broadcaster. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Fifteen of Michigan's 252 villages have no candidates for village president, including New Lothrop Village in Shiawassee County. — CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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hamlets

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These small towns—whether lakeside retreats or artsy hamlets nestled into hills transformed by foliage—are the definition of autumn charm.

— Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026
The region is made up of various villages and hamlets, including Port Carling (where scenes from the show were filmed at locations like Mortimer’s Point Marina).

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026

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