마을(village)보다 규모가 작으며 대개 자체 교회나 관공서가 없는 아주 작은 규모의 부락이나 촌락.
A very small human settlement, typically one that is smaller than a village and may lack local services or a church.
예문:
"The hikers found shelter in a remote hamlet nestled in the Alps."
"Historically, a hamlet was a settlement too small to have its own parish church."
"Only three families remain in the aging hamlet."