hamlet

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hamlet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hamlet \Ham"let\ (h[a^]m"l[e^]t), n. [OE. hamelet, OF. hamelet,
     dim. of hamel, F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German
     origin; cf. G. heim home. [root]220. See Home.]
     A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Village; neighborhood. See Village.
          [1913 Webster]

hamlet - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hamlet
      n 1: a community of people smaller than a village [syn:
           hamlet, crossroads]
      2: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge
         the murder of his father
      3: a settlement smaller than a town [syn: village, hamlet]

hamlet - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Hamlet, IN (town, FIPS 30708)
    Location: 41.37849 N, 86.58317 W
    Population (1990): 789 (308 housing units)
    Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 46532
  Hamlet, NC (city, FIPS 29160)
    Location: 34.88959 N, 79.70932 W
    Population (1990): 6196 (2687 housing units)
    Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 28345
  Hamlet, ND
    Zip code(s): 58795
  Hamlet, NE (village, FIPS 20750)
    Location: 40.38443 N, 101.23490 W
    Population (1990): 60 (46 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 69031

hamlet - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  HAMLET, Eng. law. A small village; a part or member of a vill. 
  
  

hamlet - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "hamlet":
     Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick,
     bishopric, borough, canton, city, commune, congressional district,
     constablewick, country town, county, crossroads, departement,
     diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate,
     government, ham, hundred, magistracy, metropolis,
     metropolitan area, oblast, okrug, parish, precinct, principality,
     province, region, riding, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire,
     shrievalty, soke, stake, state, territory, thorp, town, township,
     village, wapentake, ward, wick