dorp

See also: Dörp

English

Etymology

From Dutch dorp. Doublet of English thorp.

Noun

dorp (plural dorps)

1. (now chiefly South Africa) A village or small town; a town considered provincial.
   • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 51:

     ‘You can't hang about this dorp doing nothing.’

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 186:

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

Anagrams

• Prod, Prod., drop, prod

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dorp, from Old Dutch *thorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą.

Noun

dorp (plural dorpe)

1. town
2. village

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. Doublet of terp.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔrp

Noun

dorp n (plural dorpen, diminutive dorpje n)

1. village, hamlet

Anagrams

• drop