subhamlet

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ hamlet

Noun

subhamlet (plural subhamlets)

1. A small division or community within a larger hamlet or village.
   • 2013, Nick Turse, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam:

     Nguyen Hoc, a farmer in his forties, fled to a neighboring subhamlet when the Americans arrived, but his mother was among the women, children, and few men who stayed behind.