hamlet
small settlement in a rural area
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Summary
hamlet is an administrative territorial entity type[1]. hamlet ranks in the top 4% of administrative territorial entity type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,990 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: classification of human settlements[3]
- Subclass of: rural settlement[4], single entity of population[5], populated place nucleus[6], architectural ensemble[7], dwelling place[8]
- Part of: rural area[9]
- Commons category: Hamlets[10]
- Said to be the same as: Hofschaft[11], Q132562397[12]
- Has part(s): farm[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hamlets[14]
- OpenStreetMap tag: place=hamlet[15]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20]
- Different from: khutor[21], village[22], mahallah[23], casal[24], rural settlement[25], casería[26], lugar[27], Q4158790[28]
- Next higher rank: village[29]
- Category for the view of the item: Q141773366[30]
- P14369: 68985[31]
- P14692: Lajas[32]
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Influence
Things named for hamlet include burakumin[33], an isolated human group[34], in Japan[35] and Ham-class inshore minesweeper[36], a watercraft class[37], founded in 1954[38].
Why It Matters
hamlet has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] hamlet is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]
Entities named for hamlet include burakumin[33], an isolated human group[34], in Japan[35] and Ham-class inshore minesweeper[36], a watercraft class[37], founded in 1954[38].