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dorp

American  
[dawrp] / dɔrp /

noun

  1. a village; hamlet.


dorp British  
/ dɔːp /

noun

  1. archaic a small town or village

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dorp

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


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From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2012

I took on a case in the litde dorp of Villiers in the Orange Free State.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Yes, yes, you shall go, and what is more, you may take my best horse to ride away on, the thoroughbred schimmel, and my new black felt hat that I bought in the dorp.

From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Henry Rider Haggard

He hoped there was enough of 'em, lying doggo up there, waiting the word to roll down and swallow the blooming dorp!

From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan

One morning old Voss rode off to the dorp, and Barend watched him from the door till he went out of sight in the kloof.

From Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories by Perceval Gibbon

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