Stanhope

//ˈstæ.nəp// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).
  2. 2
    A suburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9940).
  3. 3
    A small settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT1229).
  4. 4
    An English habitational surname from Old English.
  5. 5
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
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  1. 6
    A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia
  2. 7
    A locale in Canada.; A village in Quebec.
  3. 8
    A locale in Canada.; A community in Prince Edward Island.
  4. 9
    A locale in Canada.; A settlement in Newfoundland.
  5. 10
    A locale in the United States.; A city in Iowa; named for British adventurer and writer Lady Hester Stanhope.
  6. 11
    A locale in the United States.; A borough of New Jersey.
  7. 12
    A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
  8. 13
    A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Ohio.
Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat wordnet
  4. 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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