Hope

See also: hope

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊp/

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• Rhymes: -oʊp, -əʊp
• Homophone: hope

Proper noun

Hope (usually uncountable, plural Hopes)

1. A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.
2. An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hop, a small enclosed valley.
3. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A place name, including:
   1. A town and district municipality in British Columbia, Canada.
   2. A settlement near Richmond, Tasman district, New Zealand.
   3. A village in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1783).
   4. A village and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3058).
   5. A city, the county seat of Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.

Derived terms

• Hope under Dinmore
• Hope Woodlands
• Port Hope
• Stanford-le-Hope

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Esperança (ca) f
• French: Espérance (fr) f, Nadège (fr) f (from Slavic), Nadine (fr) f (from Nadia (pet form from Надежда) + -ine)
• Greek: Ελπίδα (el) f (Elpída)
• Hungarian: Reményke (hu)
• Italian: Speranza (it) f
• Polish: Nadzieja (pl) f, Nadia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Esperança (pt) f
• Russian: Наде́жда (ru) f (Nadéžda), На́дя (ru) f (Nádja) (diminutive)
• Spanish: Esperanza (es) f
• Ukrainian: Наді́я (uk) f (Nadíja)

Anagrams

• pheo, pheo-

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hope, from hope.

Proper noun

Hope

1. a female given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hope.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Hope
• IPA^(key): /ˈhowp/, [ˈhoʊ̯p]

Proper noun

Hope (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏ᜔ᜉ᜔)

1. a female given name from English