hameau — meaning in English

English meaning

• hamlet noun A very small settlement, smaller than a village, often just a cluster of houses without its own church or local government.
• thorp noun A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.

Senses

hameau is used for these senses in English:

• thorp (archaic, now, chiefly, _, in, _, placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.

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