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Thorp

//θɔːp// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in South Branch Township, Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.
  4. 4
    A city and town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. 5
    A suburb of Royton, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9108).
Noun
  1. 1
    A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. archaic

    "Within a little thorp I staid."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.

Etymology 2

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Thorpe. * As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Torp, from a placename derived from Old Norse þorp (“farm”).

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