dorp

[ dawrp ]

/ dɔrp /

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noun

a village; hamlet.

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Origin of dorp

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

Words nearby dorp

Dorobo, doronicum, Dorothea, Dorothy, Dorothy Dixer, dorp, Dorpat, dorper, Dorr's Rebellion, dorsad, dorsal

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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. Hough
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.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680|Jasper Danckaerts

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

archaic, or Southern African a small town or village

Word Origin for dorp

C16: from Dutch: village; related to thorp

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