<div class="gmail_quote">2010/4/6 John Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deltafoxtrot256@gmail.com">deltafoxtrot256@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 6 April 2010 04:12, ℳ∡ℝℸⅈℿ Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Following recent discussion on talk-de I'm proposing a new place value for<br>
> single settlements (free standing single building, often farm, outside<br>
> settlement, max. 2 households).<br>
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</div>From Map Features wiki page:<br>
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place=hamlet As defined by national/state/provincial government.<br>
Generally smaller than a village, just a few houses<br>
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</div></blockquote></div><br>I am aware about this. That's why I am asking for the scientific English term for single settlements (if it is not this). In German the word is "Einzelsiedlung". This is not a hamlet (German "Weiler", which is at least 3 households), but smaller. I also wrote this in the topic.<br>
<br>cheers,<br>Martin<br>