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Stanhope
//ˈstæ.nəp// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).
- 2 A suburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9940).
- 3 A small settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT1229).
- 4 An English habitational surname from Old English.
- 5 A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
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- 6 A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia
- 7 A locale in Canada.; A village in Quebec.
- 8 A locale in Canada.; A community in Prince Edward Island.
- 9 A locale in Canada.; A settlement in Newfoundland.
- 10 A locale in the United States.; A city in Iowa; named for British adventurer and writer Lady Hester Stanhope.
- 11 A locale in the United States.; A borough of New Jersey.
- 12 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
- 13 A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Ohio.
Noun
- 1 A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
"Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky."
- 2 A simple, one-piece microscope consisting of a cylinder of glass with each end curved outwards, one being more convex than the other
- 3 a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat wordnet
- 4 An optical device, typically embedded in a bijou, utilising a modified Stanhope lens for viewing microphotographs embedded in the device; invented by René Dagron
Etymology
Etymology 1
The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).
Etymology 2
From Stanhope (“a surname”). Named after Captain Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, for whom it was first built.
Etymology 3
Named after Charles, the third Earl of Stanhope, the inventor of this magnifying glass design.
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