dorp
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9.6
- noun
- South African
- Staten Islanders display signs criticizing the marathon in the New Dorp road area, hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
Examples
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The dorp was dying; local farmers who used to fill the bar had abandoned their farms and moved to town.
Fiction book (1994) -
Fub dorp rochan.
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I won't be needing best wear in a dusty dorp.
Fiction book (1996) -
For years, Huygens had exchanged affectionate letters with Dorothea van Dorp, the daughter of a neighbor.
Academic text (1991) -
Local groups such as the Hallowed Sons, a collective of former firefighters and police officers, were seen on Cedar Grove Avenue in the nearby town of New Dorp giving out hot meals.
Blog text (25) -
Wasteland: Garbage lay piled up on a street in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y., Sunday, about a week after Sandy struck the area.
Blog text (31) -
Even at the dorp hotel they slept in the second night, a place where the proprietor and his wife slumped before the television set in the bar lounge while a receptionist-cum-barman took the guests' particulars, their arrival was accepted with listless resignation.
Fiction book (1994) -
We visited a quaint dorp surrounded by beautiful mountains.
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The small dorp had only one store, but the locals were friendly.
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In the heart of the dorp, children played in the dusty streets.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people live that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city
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1.5
A community with few people and few shops
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3.2
A small community outside a city where people live
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9.9
A small village or camp in North Africa
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Etymology
The word dorp comes from Dutch and Afrikaans and simply means 'village'. It is related to German Dorf, which you can also see in town names like Düsseldorf, so in South Africa a dorp means a small town or village.