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Knapp

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A place name:; A hamlet in Ampfield parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4023).
  3. 3
    A place name:; A hamlet in North Curry parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3025).
  4. 4
    A place name:; A hamlet in Broad Chalke parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0225).
  5. 5
    A place name:; A hamlet in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2831).
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  1. 6
    A place name:; A village in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States.
  2. 7
    A place name:; A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

* As a German surname, from the noun Knabe (“boy, young unmarried man”). This is also found as the variant Knap. * As an English surname related to the above, from the noun knave, similar to Nave. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English knappe (“hillock”), from Old English cnæpp (“summit”), probably from the same source as Icelandic hnappur (“button”). * As a Jewish surname, from the German adjective knapp (“scarce, tight”).

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