Hamlet — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a community of people smaller than a village

the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈæmlɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈamlɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈamlɪt/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈæmlɪt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

crossroads village

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Weiler

eine Gemeinschaft von Menschen, die kleiner als ein Dorf ist

🇪🇸Spanish

aldea

una comunidad de personas más pequeña que una aldea

🇮🇹Italian

frazione

una comunità di persone più piccola di un villaggio

🇳🇱Dutch

gehucht

een gemeenschap van mensen kleiner dan een dorp

🇵🇹Portuguese

aldeia

uma comunidade de pessoas menor que uma aldeia

🇷🇺Russian

Гамлет

сообщество людей размером меньше деревни

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छोटा गांव

एक गाँव से भी छोटा लोगों का समुदाय

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রাম

একটি গ্রামের চেয়ে ছোট মানুষের একটি সম্প্রদায়

🇮🇳Tamil

குக்கிராமம்

ஒரு கிராமத்தை விட சிறிய மக்கள் சமூகம்

🇮🇳Telugu

కుగ్రామం

ఒక గ్రామం కంటే చిన్న వ్యక్తుల సంఘం

🇮🇳Marathi

गाव

गावापेक्षा लहान लोकांचा समुदाय

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગામ

ગામ કરતા નાના લોકોનો સમુદાય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕುಗ್ರಾಮ

ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಿಂತ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಜನರ ಸಮುದಾಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുഗ്രാമം

ഒരു ഗ്രാമത്തേക്കാൾ ചെറിയ ആളുകളുടെ ഒരു സമൂഹം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿੰਡ

ਇੱਕ ਪਿੰਡ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਛੋਟੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਮੂਹ

🇵🇰Urdu

بستی

گاؤں سے چھوٹے لوگوں کی جماعت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

村庄

比村庄还小的人们组成的社区

🇯🇵Japanese

集落

村よりも小さな人々のコミュニティ

🇰🇷Korean

작은 촌락

마을보다 작은 사람들의 공동체

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thôn

một cộng đồng người nhỏ hơn một ngôi làng

🇹🇭Thai

หมู่บ้านเล็ก ๆ

ชุมชนที่มีขนาดเล็กกว่าหมู่บ้าน

🇮🇩Indonesian

dukuh

komunitas orang-orang yang lebih kecil dari desa

🇵🇭Filipino

nayon

isang komunidad ng mga tao na mas maliit kaysa sa isang nayon

🇲🇾Malay

dusun

komuniti orang yang lebih kecil daripada kampung

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قرية

مجتمع من الناس أصغر من قرية

🇮🇷Persian

دهکده

جامعه ای از مردم کوچکتر از یک روستا

🇹🇷Turkish

köy

köyden daha küçük insanlardan oluşan bir topluluk

🇮🇱Hebrew

כְּפָר קָטָן

קהילה של אנשים קטנה מכפר

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