hamlet

Everyday

1. A very small village, often with no church. tree →
2. (proper noun) Hamlet, a famous play by Shakespeare, and its main character, a prince of Denmark. tree →

In the lessons

In geography lessons on settlements: hamlet → village → town → city, from smallest to largest. In English literature, «Hamlet» is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays.

Examples

• We drove through a tiny hamlet with just five houses. tree →
• A hamlet is smaller than a village. tree →
• Sort the settlements: hamlet, village, town, city. tree →
• The hamlet sits at the bottom of the valley. tree →
• Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet. tree →
• Only a few families live in the hamlet. tree →
• First you must call together your attendants, and order them to remain in a little hamlet close by until you want them. tree →

Note

Countable. Settlement order by size: hamlet < village < town < city. With a capital letter it is the play.