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dorp

American  
[dawrp] / dɔrp /

noun

  1. a village; hamlet.


dorp British  
/ dɔːp /

noun

  1. archaic a small town or village

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Etymology

Origin of dorp

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

Example Sentences

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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

Alamachtig! who knows what he has not got—that Engelsch Commandant—both in the dorp and hidden in those thrice-accursed mines that he has laid on the veld about her.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

In his journeyings as Graf, he came also to his native place, to Harm's ouden dorp.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan

Still, though Kornel humbled himself and asked very little money, there was no work to be had in the dorp.

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