dorp

[ dawrp ]

noun
  1. a village; hamlet.

Origin of dorp

1
First recorded in 1560–70; from Dutch; cognate with thorp

Words Nearby dorp

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How to use dorp in a sentence

  • Their aunt Maïla had a chalet and a little farm over on the green slopes towards dorp Ampas.

    The Nrnberg Stove | Louisa de la Ram (AKA Ouida)
  • On Easter Monday all the village people betake themselves to the principal street of the 'dorp' to watch the 'eiergaarder.'

  • They were (p. 159) captured at De Wet's dorp, and after a long detour they were set free at the same town.

    Through Shot and Flame | J. D. Kestell.
  • Still called New dorp; a village some two miles east of Richmond.

  • In the dorp yonder I met a man who had come from Port Elizabeth.

    Swallow | H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for dorp

dorp

/ (dɔːp) /


noun
  1. archaic, or Southern African a small town or village

Origin of dorp

1
C16: from Dutch: village; related to thorp

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