dorp
a village; hamlet.
Origin of 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.'
Dutch Life in Town and Country | P. M. HoughThey 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.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 | Jasper DanckaertsIn the dorp yonder I met a man who had come from Port Elizabeth.
Swallow | H. Rider Haggard
British Dictionary definitions for dorp
/ (dɔːp) /
archaic, or Southern African a small town or village
Origin of dorp
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