A hamlet, village, or small town; in Middle English esp. an agricultural village: see quots.

A collection of dwellings; a village, a town. Cf. ham, n.3 Obsolete.

A place of habitation; a village or town. Also, an instance of a place-name in -by.

Used to render Latin castellum of the Vulgate (Greek κώμη), village. Obsolete.

The bundle of fibre, now usually loosely twisted or woven cotton (formerly rushes, tow, flax, etc.) in a lamp, candle, or taper (formerly also in…

A town or village. Now rare and English regional (south-eastern).

A particular spot or area inhabited or frequented by people; a city, a town, a village.

British regional. In general sense: a place.

An unwalled town consisting of scattered buildings; (also) a village.

In non-English-speaking countries: an independent or self-governing town or village, or (later) one having some degree of local government.

A cluster of homesteads, forming the basis of a territorial division; a township (township, n. 2a).

A town or village.

In the Roman Empire: a village or settlement; spec. the smallest unit of ancient Roman municipal administration, consisting of a village, part of…

The Old English hám home, n.1 adj., which, in compounds, has been shortened to ham, as in Hampstead, Hampton (:—Hámtún), Oakham, Lewisham, etc…

A town or village.