dorp

[ dawrp ]

noun

1. a village; hamlet.

dorp

/ dɔːp /

noun

1. archaic.
   a small town or village

Word History and Origins

Origin of dorp¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dorp¹

C16: from Dutch: village; related to thorp

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

On Easter Monday all the village people betake themselves to the principal street of the 'dorp' to watch the 'eiergaarder.'

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

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Still called New Dorp; a village some two miles east of Richmond.

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

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