name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
thorp
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /θɔːp/
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General-American: /θɔɹp/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)p
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CMU ARPABET: TH AO1 R P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A ghost town in South Branch Township, Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A city and town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
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name
Meaning 5
A suburb of Royton, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9108).
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noun
Meaning 6
A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
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Usage: archaic
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History
Etymology
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Thorpe. * As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Torp, from a placename derived from Old Norse þorp (“farm”).
From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: селце (selce) — hamlet, village
- Danish: torp — hamlet, village
- Dutch: dorp — hamlet, village
- Faroese: torpur — hamlet, village
- Finnish: kylä — hamlet, village
- French: hameau — hamlet, village
- French: village — hamlet, village
- Saterland Frisian: Täärp — hamlet, village
- West-Frisian: doarp — hamlet, village
- German: Dorf — hamlet, village
- German: Toorf — hamlet, village
- Bavarian German: Duaf — hamlet, village
- Central Franconian: Dörp — hamlet, village
- Icelandic: þorp — hamlet, village
- Italian: villaggio — hamlet, village
- Italian: casale — hamlet, village
- Japanese: 郷 (kyō) — hamlet, village
- Low German: Dörp — hamlet, village
- Low German: Duorp — hamlet, village
- Norwegian Bokmål: torp — hamlet, village
- Norwegian Nynorsk: torp — hamlet, village
- Old Norse: þorp — hamlet, village
- Russian: селе́ние (selénije) — hamlet, village
- Russian: дереву́шка (derevúška) — hamlet, village
- Russian: ху́тор (xútor) — hamlet, village
- Spanish: aldea — hamlet, village